“While sanctions make it harder for Russia to pay for the war, military assistance helps raise the cost of continuing it,” writes Elizabeth Shackelford in the Chicago Tribune.
"Given recent events in Ukraine the Council's role would seem as relevant now as it was 100 years ago," says Paris Schutz with Ivo Daalder and Richard Longworth on WTTW.
"The international community is facing the most transformational development in Europe since the Second World War," writes Robert Muggah with Rafal Rohozinski.
“It is horrific what the Russians are doing. But we have to be clear: this is not because NATO isn't doing enough," Ivo Daalder tells MSNBC's Ali Velshi.
Over a million Ukrainian citizens have fled to other European countries. African, Asian, Caribbean nationals living in Ukraine may not be able to do the same.
“Vladimir Putin is not all-powerful, he needs people to keep him in power where he is,” Elizabeth Shackelford tells MSNBC. This is where oligarchs come in.
