Ukraine recap: world leaders gather at Davos to make the case for more military aid to Kyiv

By Jonathan Este, Associate Editor, International Affairs Editor

“We’re tired of fighting Putin with rubbish kit”. This recent headline in The Times was an eloquent expression of the feelings of a Ukrainian tank sergeant, part of the 24th Mechanised Brigade fighting in Bakhmut in the country’s east. “Spider” Bogdan, whose Soviet-era T-62 had ground to a halt, dreams of a more modern tank: “"Would we like to have a Challenger instead? What do you think? It would be a gift from the heavens.”

Bogdan’s T-62 had apparently…

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