Is Europe sliding closer to conflict with Russia?

After astir 4 years of warfare betwixt Kyiv and Moscow, warring is heating up connected the beforehand lines of eastbound Ukraine.

But with drones spotted astatine delicate sites crossed the European Union, its leaders person declared Russia is warring a hybrid warfare beyond Ukraine’s borders.

They accidental the bloc volition support “every centimetre” of its territory, arsenic subordinate states standard up subject spending to heights not seen for decades.

And though lone Ukraine and Russia are officially astatine war, the continent has present entered an arms contention that is reshaping its economies, rattling governments and reframing relationships wrong the EU itself.

All this comes arsenic Ukraine is losing territory to Russia, 1 kilometre astatine a time.

So, is warfare truly edging person to Europe’s borders? And is the continent prepared?

Presenter: Adrian Finighan

Guests:

Stefan Wolff – Professor of planetary information astatine the University of Birmingham

Alexander Bratersky – Independent journalist, and erstwhile newsman for the Moscow Times and Defence News

Alexandre Vautravers – Associate chap astatine the Geneva Centre for Security Policy