News & Comment

A vessel with the air defence capability of a destroyer but the tonnage and acoustic quieting of a frigate is certainly somewhat new on the global market. Much depends on unknowns such as power output which will determine what the ship’s radar can actually do and whether it lives up to the claims being made regarding its air defence capabilities."

This is a prime opportunity for fraudsters, who often prey on regulatory uncertainty...People facing all the doubt and disruption of their EU crypto wallet provider shutting down will be more exposed to traps set by criminals who may set up fake websites and try to get them to move their money."

Ukraine’s targeting policy has been carefully calibrated to focus on petrochemical industries and dual-use supply chains. But, as we know from history – not least the London Blitz – the bombing of civilians tends to antagonise people and reinforce, rather than weaken, morale...While Russia has been “targeting civilians since day one” – with daily ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv “killing civilians by the dozen”, Willasey-Wilsey said that Ukraine “will be held to a higher standard” because it is a Western ally and democratic country.