years will shape art. he was basically setting at two possible versions of the future, one in which ukraine gets integrated into the west and to some extent you get a reinvigoration of nature and the european union and what he sees as progressive powers or western powers maintaining their influence in the world. there was the other version he was setting out, the much more pessimistic one from his perspective, where russia wins and it really boosts autocratic regimes. i think for him we are at an inflection point and what happens both here and in europe and north america over the next months and years will decide the future path of the world, as he sees it. years will decide the future path of the world, as he sees it. thank you, joe inwood the world, as he sees it. thank you, joe inwood in the world, as he sees it. thank you, joe inwood in kyiv. let s return now to chicago, where police have arrested a 22 year old man they believe killed six people in a gun attack during an ind
possible versions of the future, one in which ukraine gets integrated into the west and to some extent you get a reinvigoration of natoand the european union and what he sees as progressive powers or western powers maintaining their influence in the world. there was the other version he was setting out, the much more pessimistic one from his perspective, where russia wins and it really boosts autocratic regimes. i think for him we are at an inflection point and what happens both here and in europe and north america over the next months and years will decide the future path of the world, as he sees it. thank you, joe inwood in kyiv. meanwhile, in the last hour, nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg has said that the process to ratify sweden and finland as members of nato has been formally launched. it marks an historic step brought on by russia s invasion of ukraine. last week in madrid, allied leaders agreed to invite finland and sweden to join the alliance following the agreement of
leader to say that nato is basically brain dead as an alliance and now you have seen a total reinvigoration of this alliance ever since russia invaded ukraine four months ago which was not really a given, not something that the white house was fully expect to go see, although obviously something that they have rallied around and they have used this summit to do the same. i think the question here as these nato leaders are preparing to leave the summit is whether or not their actions here can match their actions at home and how long they can continue their support for ukraine or whether or not their domestic audiences are going to experience any fatigue. that s been a concern you have had from some ukrainian experts as they have talked about what these leaders are pledging, as you saw the nato secretary general said they will continue to support ukraine for as long as it takes. a big question has been centered around how long will it take? president zelenskyy when he was speaking to a g
china has donated humanitarian aid to ukraine and china s ambassador to ukraine said china will never attack ukraine. ukraine is a bilateral country with china, so we have a very good relationship. so, china has good relations with both ukraine and russia, and so growth actually passes from ukraine. there s no reason for china to see this war. it s really no good to both ukraine and russia and to the world and particularly to china. so i think that china is really interested to see this crisis being resolved through international coordination. i talked about the reinvigoration of the west as a military alliance. there s also the degree to which western sanctions have proved to be extremely cohesive in some ways, in their attempt to isolate russia from the international financial system and the international economy. we ve seen them use the swift banking system to isolate russia. and there s no doubt, in the long run, it s really going to hurt the russian economy.