Last week, a team of Economist journalists travelled to Ukraine.
What they found alarmed them.
On the frontline, technological innovation is still helping
Ukrainian forces hold back Russian advances,
but deep inside Ukraine, long-range Russian drone and missile strikes
are turning lives and livelihoods upside down.
Can Ukrainians withstand the pressure?
And what do Russia's rapidly increasing capabilities mean
for Ukraine's European allies?
I'm Edward Carr, The Economist's deputy editor.
Welcome back to The Insider.
And in the studio, safely returned,
I'm glad to say, from Ukraine,
we have Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief,
Adam Roberts, our foreign editor,
and our new defence editor, Alex Turner.
Welcome to all of you.
And still braving Ukraine,
we have our chief Kyiv correspondent, Oliver Carroll.
Ollie, welcome to you, as well.