Russian forces seek to consolidate their hold on the Donbas region and launch air and missile strikes across Ukraine. NATO formally invites Sweden and Finland to join the alliance, announces the expansion of its rapid Response Force, and unveils a new strategy to confront Moscow. U.S. President Joe Biden says the United States will station permanent forces on NATO’s eastern flank. And this all comes a week after the European Union officially made Ukraine a candidate for membership.
Russia’s war of aggression and choice in Ukraine has moved into its fifth month with no end in sight. It has already reshaped global politics and restructured European security. On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, host Brian Whitmore speaks with veteran Russia-watcher James Sherr, a Senior Fellow at the Estonian Foreign Policy Institute at the International Center for Defense and Security, to unpack the state of the conflict and where it may be headed.