The last three and more years have seen the bloodiest war on European soil for the better part of 80 years.
With it has come rhetoric of disturbing belligerence and a military spending spree that has engulfed the whole of Europe.
Ostensibly, the conflict is between Russia and Ukraine. In reality, it has lasted as long as it has, and brought into play such a vast arsenal of destructive firepower, because the stakes are much higher and perhaps less visible than the bilateral dispute.
A new cold war is sweeping across Europe – with global repercussions