A screenshot made available by Flightradar24.com that shows the clear airspace over Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022 not long after Russian troops launched their anticipated attack on Ukraine. Within days, Russian President Vladimir Putin has achieved what remained out of the grasp of the European Union for many decades, to jointly buy and send weapons to a war zone, and restored something that was broken for years, trans-Atlantic unity. (Flightradar24.com via AP, File)

February 28, 2022