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A deployment to Ukraine and a row with America could upend plans
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Defence spending is rising, but strategic autonomy is years away

Defence firms in Ukraine make new weapons much faster and cheaper than most Western companies

The country’s defensive cordon could yet be bargained away

Shashank Joshi, our defence editor, says survival on the front line is anything but simple

Outrage is justified. Letting Vladimir Putin win would be disastrous

But with America now an unreliable ally, will it be enough to counter Russia?