I thought ukrane would receive a lot of arms, but i thought it would all be done in secret. I didn't think you'd have the president of the uni states sitting in the roosevelt room boasting about how they're sending huge numbers of antitank missiles. What we are now seeing is heavier and heavier weaponry to do with increasing boldness. It's not just weapons for ambushes, guerilla resistance, but really full blown weapons of conventional warfare.
Emmanuel Macron’s re-election is historic and, for many, a relief. But, as we discuss in the final instalment of our French-election series, the campaign revealed divisions that will trouble his second term, and that he must now try to heal. A staggering flow of foreign weaponry has been a significant factor in Ukraine’s resistance; we examine the geopolitical implications of all that hardware. And the pricey phenomenon of Britain’s personalised licence plates.
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