Welcome to the world in 10 in an increasingly uncertain world.
This is the Times daily podcast dedicated to global security.
I'm Toby Gillis, joined today by Laura Cook.
Teams from Ukraine
and the US have once again been locked in talks over a route to peace in the war with Russia.
On Monday night, before they began, Ukraine launched a huge drone attack on Moscow.
They called it the largest in history.
It was designed to remind the Kremlin of the threat they still pose
and push them towards Volodymyr Zelenskyy's idea for an initial land and sea ceasefire.
That was described before the talks by the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio as having merit,
but it would leave the ground war ongoing.
So can this double edged ceasefire really come to be?
Our guest today is Justin Bronk,
Senior Research Fellow for Air Power in the Military Sciences team
at the Royal United Services Institute.
Justin, we'll do each element separately and start with the air, shall we?
Was this Moscow attack on Monday night enough to persuade us
that Russia hasn't got superiority in this area?
The current situation in Ukraine, as has been the case, broadly speaking,
for the three and a half years of the full scale conflict,