Finland and Sweden will “more than double the amount of NATO territory bordering Russia. But that’s Moscow’s doing, not NATO’s,” writes Ivo Daalder in Politico.
Putin will “have two very significant military powers [...] being part of NATO as a result of his actions in Ukraine," Ivo Daalder tells Suhana Meharchand on CBC.
“There is a degree of barbarity that is really unconscionable,” says Ivo Daalder. “We do need to make sure at some point that people responsible will be held to account.”
“What we’re seeing in terms of military assistance is unprecedented, and it’s likely to be essential for a drawn-out war,” says Elizabeth Shackelford on Chicago Tonight.
"Ukraine’s extraordinary riches in energy, minerals, and agriculture are a prize for the Kremlin," writes Nonresident Senior Fellow Robert Muggah in Foreign Policy.
Council President Ivo Daalder joins MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell to discuss Biden’s push for $33 billion in aid to Ukraine and the US-Russia prisoner exchange.