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.