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Dr Karin von Hippel takes part in the panel on 'Russia: What Next?' at the World Economic Forum at Davos.

Having drones spotting the fall of the first [shell] means you can adjust the fall in real time. This allows the artillery units to launch large salvoes and that’s what’s been doing a lot of damage to both Russian and Ukrainian forces,” said Justin Bronk, senior research fellow for airpower at the Royal United Services Institute, the UK defence and security think tank. “While the anti-tank guided missiles, Nlaws [next-generation light anti-tank weapons] and Javelins have been rightly celebrated for . . . stopping the advance of Russian columns, it is the artillery brought down on the vehicles behind that did most of the damage.”

Ed Arnold, former British Army officer and research fellow for European security at the Royal United Services Institute, looks at the latest developments in the war in Ukraine. Russian forces "are switching from offensive to defensive" to protect the logistical routes they have built up.