The West is already at war against enemies who believe we are divided, weak and exhausted: DAVID...

Britain is at war. We have been since 2001 - and we are losing. We lost in Afghanistan ; we lost in Iraq ; and unless we step up, we will lose in Ukraine.

This week China flaunted its relationship with Moscow when its leader Xi Jinping met Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov in Beijing EXCLUSIVEREAD MORE Royal Marines preparing to lead 'Dunkirk-style' evacuation of Britons living in the Middle East should Iran launch missile attacks on Israel after consul blast that killed 13 people Advertisement This week, China flaunted its relationship with Moscow when its leader Xi Jinping met Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov in Beijing.

We didn't stop Putin when he rolled into Georgia in 2008, so he marched into Ukraine and stole Crimea in 2014. We did nothing about that either, and in 2022 he tried to murder his way across the rest of the country.Last month there were calls, clearly staged by Moscow, from the 'government' of the illegal separatist republic of Transnistria in Moldova for Russia to 'rescue' them. And there are fears that, with Putin's backing, Serbia plans to invade Kosovo.

What military strength does Britain now possess to deter its enemies? Our Army has fewer than 80,000 men and women - less than half the number it did in 1990. And the force it could bring into the field is far weaker still. Our Navy does of course possess two new aircraft carriers. But, as both have broken down recently, they're barely sea-worthy.

In the Middle East and Ukraine, everything from drones to Artificial Intelligence is evolving. As a British ex-general told me recently, modern war is about 'hiding and fighting', and AI is changing how it is done. Our enemies understand the importance of investing in military technology, especially AI. In 2017, Putin said 'whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become the ruler of the world'.

Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov has said in Ukraine Nato 'can actually see if their weapons work, how efficiently they work and if they need to be upgraded… you can't invent a better testing ground'.

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