Ukraine is staying ahead of Russia in the drone war and in the Kursk salient, a lozenge of Russian land captured last year by Kyiv’s forces, Zelensky’s forces are managing to use Nato-style manoeuvre tactics which free its forces to attack rather than defend trench lines.
The war in Ukraine consumes about 40 per cent of public expenditure and given the scale of the Russian losses in Ukraine, what Putin thought would be a quick war has turned into a quagmire.
Earlier this week, Russian expert and author Owen Matthews wrote in The Independent: “Last summer, the price of eggs jumped by 42 per cent, bananas by 48 per cent, tomatoes by 39.5 per cent and potatoes by 25 per cent.
On the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, frontline soldiers tell world affairs editor Sam Kiley that it’s Russia that should be suing for peace.
Ukraine has lost many of its best troops in three years of war since Russia’s invasion forces stormed across the vast landscape and came close to capturing the capital.
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