In the speech, Zelensky described the situation in Ukraine.

For the country and the people.

But also his own situation as the Russians' main target, that this was perhaps the last time the other heads of state and government saw him.

When Magdalena Andersson met some of us Swedish journalists after the meeting at three o'clock on Friday night, she was noticeably affected.

She described a feeling of fate.

In retrospect, I have also heard another source describe the meeting and Zelenskyj's speech as historic.

Emotionally charged, strong.

Something happened in the room.

When the intellectual realization married the heart and the gut feeling, when an entire room of leaders was simultaneously filled with the seriousness of the situation.

Many quick decisions

After that, the extra ministerial meetings have replaced each other: Foreign, migration, energy.

Yesterday Sunday, the news just collapsed: the EU closed the airspace to Russian aircraft and clubbed further sanctions.

Among other things, the Russian central bank will be paralyzed and several Russian banks will be excluded from the SWIFT transaction system.

Germany made a historic decision to invest a lot more money in defense and send weapons to Ukraine.

Sweden is also sending weapons to a country at war for the first time in a very long time.

Now there is even talk of opening up the process of EU membership for Ukraine, an issue that was completely dead until a few days ago.

During my almost two years as a European correspondent, I have never experienced such a united and active Europe.

When it comes to foreign policy, there has often been at least one member state that wants to be different and blocks decisions.

Not to mention migration, this infected issue that divides member states and public opinion in them.

Now an entire Europe stands united in welcoming fleeing Ukrainians with open arms.

Reborn NATO

NATO also appears to be reborn.

In recent years, the transatlantic alliance has felt less and less relevant.

Trump threatened to leave.

Biden would never say such a thing, but he also scolded his European partners for investing too little in defense.

It has long been clear that the United States sees China as the main global rival.

NATO has gradually diminished in importance since the fall of the Wall.

Now suddenly the focus is again on Russia and the alliance is strengthening its eastern flank.

If Putin's hope was to divide the EU and deter NATO, he has failed miserably.

On the contrary, both of these institutions have been strengthened by the conflict.