Sparking pushed back by refusing to rule out sending Ground Troops to ukraine, our topic this week, and sweden and finland in nato. A strategic defeats for russia, the hello and welcome to the port. Its great to have you with us, our guests this week, alexandra fund, them and heads dw as Brussels Bureau covers, nato and security policy, and has also reported from russia. And its a pleasure to welcome daniel who can do it. She is a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund with a focus on Central Europe and colonel of, of congress to joins us drum virtually from vienna. Shes a Senior Advisor at the Austrian Institute for europe and security policy. So let me begin, if i may, uh, with you, alexandra to formerly neutral nations, join the western alliance. How momentous is the shift . Does it significantly strengthen data . The answer is yes, definitely. Having phillips and so sweet, enjoying the to is a big win for the alliance. When we talk about a sweden, they have a very highly capable
And sweden and finland in nato. A strategic defeats for russia, the hello and welcome to the port. Its great to have you with us, our guests this week, alexandra fund, them and heads dw as Brussels Bureau covers, nato and security policy, and has also reported from russia. And its a pleasure to welcome daniel who can do it. She is a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund with a focus on Central Europe and colonel. Both congress wished, joins us drummond virtually from vienna. Shes a Senior Advisor at the Austrian Institute for europe and security policy. So let me begin. If i may, uh, with you, alexandra to formerly neutral all nations join the western alliance. How momentous is this shift . Does it significantly strengthen data . The answer is yes, definitely having finland. And so sweden join nato is a big win for the alliance. When we talk about a suite and they have a very highly capable armed forces and a geographic situation improve natos a push, straightened, the baltic sea.
Our topic this week, and sweden and finland in nato. A strategic defeats for russia, the hello and welcome to the port. Its great to have you with us, our guests this week, alexandra fund, them and heads d. W. As Brussels Bureau covers nato and Security Policy and has also reported from russia. And its a pleasure to welcome daniel who can do it. She is a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund with a focus on Central Europe and colonel of, of congress to joins us drum virtually from vienna. Shes a Senior Advisor at the Austrian Institute for europe and Security Policy. So let me begin, if i may, uh, with you, alexandra, to formerly newt sole nations, join the western alliance. How momentous is this shift . Does it significantly strengthen data . The answer is yes, definitely having finland and so sweet and joint data is a big win for the alliance. When we talk about a sweden, they have a very highly capable armed forces and a geographic situation in proof of natos. A portia in the ba
one year later. almost exactly a year ago missile attacks against the capital of ukraine, kyiv. to most this was a surprise attack and invasion. the ukrainians didn t see it coming, nor did the europeans. the one consistent voice cautioning that an invasion was likely, the u.s. intelligence community. another surprise for the world, the intense resolve about entertainer turned president volodymyr zelenskyy, unlike others in his position he didn t flee but only left the country a handful of times to plea for guns and ammunition. and for the last year he s faced off from across the border with vladimir putin who has ruled russia for more than two de decades. the key player who is not a participant in the war, the united states of america. it is the country that has organized the sanctions against russia, it is the country that has been the single biggest provider of military and nonmilitary assistance and tonight on this special program, you ll hear from two top officials on am
the another surprise for the world the intense resolve of that entertainer turned president, volodymyr zelenskyy. unlike others in his position, he did not indeed, he s only left the country a handful of times to plea for guns and ammunition. and for the last year, he has faced off from across the border with vladimir putin, who has ruled russia for more than two decades. a key player who is not a participant in the war, the united states of america. it is a country that has organized the sanctions against russia. it is the country that has been the single biggest provider of military and non-military assistance, and tonight, on this special program, you will hear from two top officials on america s national security team. first, the biden administration s key player on countering russia s war in ukraine, the national security adviser jake sullivan, who is with president biden in kyiv this week. also, usaid administrator samantha power, the official responsible for making