the ukrainian morale, fighting tenacity, delivering weapons through the coalition of the willing has started to pay off. this battle has swung clearly in favor of ukraine in the longer run. it really is an astounding turn of events, including, general, the scene playing out right now at the white house where the president of the united states is meeting with the leaders of sweden and finland as they now are on the doorstep of joining nato, something unthinkable just a couple of months ago. but another of the failures of vladimir putin to expand nato, including finland, which shares a large border with russia. you ve seen a lot in terms of the shifting of the balance of power over the years. what is the significance of this move, assuming it does happen, these two nations joining nato? it s monumental. to go back to the disintegration of the ussr, which has motivated a lot of what putin is up to, it