Killing thousands, displacing millions, and triggering global energy and food crises.
- Putin failed to topple the democratic government in Kyiv led by President Volodymyr Zelensky and has strengthened both NATO and the EU. Sweden and Finland have applied to join NATO, while Denmark will join the EU military cooperation.
- The Russian military’s fighting capacity has been reduced by about 20 percent.
- Europe is facing up to the fact that this could be a protracted, drawn-out conflict with no end in sight.
- There’s alarm about a looming food crisis, as tons of grain remain trapped in Ukraine. The head of the African Union Macky Sall will meet Putin in the Russian city of Sochi today with the aim of freeing up grain and fertilizers.
