What Can the New Government’s Proposed UK–EU Security Pact Achieve?

Michael Stephens, of the Rusi think tank, believed that the first six months of a Starmer premiership “are going to be defined in the Middle East” in finding a solution to Gaza.

Analysts say Ukraine has yet to solve the problem of how to hide and protect them and the infrastructure they need. “The answer is more air defences,” said Matthew Savill, director of military sciences at the Royal United Services Institute. The problem with simply using other aircraft to protect the jets is that Ukraine cannot afford for them to be shot down by Russia’s long-range missiles, he added.

The Ukrainian military, which is low on air-defence ammunition, is also likely to be forced to move the prized planes around airfields, said Justin Bronk, of the Royal United Services Institute. "Any ground-based air defence coverage can be saturated if the Russians care enough to fire enough missiles at one target," he said.