Ukraine's lesson-learning warfighting skills

The war in Ukraine has been going on for so long - four years and two and a bit months - that the rest of the world, with the exception of Russia, may have become disinterested and ignorant about what the Ukrainian armed forces have amazingly achieved. They are fighting a neighbour with everything from nuclear weapons and hypersonic missiles to long-range cruise missiles but have not just survived (ok, no nukes used yet thank God), they have shown the US and Nato how to confront Russia. They have developed brilliant ways to counter the threat posed by the Iran-supplied Shahed drones, they have designed long-range drones of their own to target Russian airbases, navy and energy plants and they have forced the mighty Russian army to a halt. Ukrainian soldiers must be exhausted but they have saved their country by adapting fantastically to modern warfare. Russia kills Ukrainians most days but Kyiv's drones and missiles are causing devastating destruction and killing so many Russian troops that Putin is running out of a male labour force to keep things going back at home. The Russian leader always looks cocky on television when he is seen greeting some visiting politician or dignitary. But deep down, he must now be scared that Ukraine is actually going to defeat him. Putin may have to beg for a peace settlement that will be more in Kyiv's favour than Moscow's. How amazing would that be? Watch this space. Please buy Agent Redruth, my new spy thriller paperback. Amazon, Rowanvale Books, Waterstones