
Next month will mark a full year since Russia invaded Ukraine, but with soaring inflation, recession fears, and an energy crisis plaguing the world over the past several months, the war has receded somewhat into the background, despite more than 200,000 deaths and the global uncertainty it has caused.
As early as last summer, Ukrainian officials began expressing concern that dwindling media attention towards the war could lead to a loss of Western support. But between the Kremlin’s threats of further energy supply cuts and nuclear escalation, the world shouldn’t cast its eyes away from what is happening in Ukraine, as the direction the war takes could be a pivotal moment for the next century, according to the head of one of the world’s largest banks.