Dr Sarah Ashbridge

Sarah Ashbridge, research fellow in military sciences at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) said that Stalingrad in particular has shaped Russian concepts of glory but was not comparable to the war in Ukraine. "It is not always clear who Russia sees as the Zhukov of this war—the meticulous coordinator of combined forces who leads with fearless lethality, but is still respected by soldiers for valuing their lives enough not to waste them frivolously," she told Newsweek.

...The resurrection of Ukraine is often discussed within the wider climate change debate, with reports usually focused around three themes: long-term environmental damage caused by war, the cost and workforce required to rebuild after war, and the ways that rebuilding can curate a lasting public memory of a war.

...In a defence context, it is not simply about reducing carbon emissions for the sake of meeting net-zero targets, or a matter of great-power competition. It is about preparing to deploy to more extreme environments, for example, extremely hot or dry, without risking human lives or compromising fighting ability....