CNN CNN Newsroom With Fredricka Whitfield February 27, 2022 19:16:00
It's a very important moment. they've not only talked about finally meeting their 2% spending commitment for nato. they are backing limits on the s.w.i.f.t. system on russia -- for russian banks. they are beginning to demonstrate the sort of leadership that europe's most dynamic economy needs to do. so, so far, putin's efforts to intimidate germany and other europeans isn't working. and part of that, i think, owes to the reality of very united nato alliance. the russians are not being able to drive a wedge within the alliance in the way they've been able to do in earlier crises. >> all right. ...