Britain's Sunday Times sums up ten months of war
British Sunday Times columnist Peter Conrady decided to summarise ten months of the Russian-Ukrainian war in advance.
This is reported by the BBC.
So, Russia's attack on Ukraine and the events that followed, according to the Sunday Times columnist:
1. Weakened Putin and Russia;
2. Renewed fears of nuclear war;
3. Heightened attention to the Taiwan issue;
4. Spurred inflation and strikes in Britain;
5. Made 14 million Ukrainians refugees;
6. Created a new Russian diaspora abroad;
7. Added fears of famine in Africa;
8. Isolated the Russian economy;
9. Made it harder to get information about what's going on in Russia;
10. Made the Western world think more about energy conservation;
11. Strengthened NATO;
12. Began to shape the vision of the wars of the future;
13. Demonstrated the importance of the role of a charismatic leader;
14. Put an end to German pacifism;
15. Brought profits to arms manufacturers;
16. Strengthened the national consciousness of Ukrainians;
17. Severed ties with Russia in sport, science and the arts;
18. Brought the threat of a Cold War in the Arctic;
19. Lengthened air routes between Europe and Asia;
20. Brought about a change of ownership of Chelsea Football Club.
It is interesting to note that this is the order in which the British Observer lists the consequences of ten months of war.