India, June 28 -- Ukraine's innovation and production are such that they now not only have Russia against the ropes, but they export to the Middle East.

War might overshadow Ukraine, but there is an energy to Kyiv reminiscent of Tel Aviv or Bangalore. As Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Secretary of State Antony Blinken advised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to flee. Central Intelligence Agency assessments disparaged Zelenskyy as an unserious comedian incapable of lasting let alone leading during war. Instead, Ukrainians rallied and Zelenskyy showed himself to be Ukraine's Sam Manekshaw. Four years into a war that has cost the Russians five lakh soldiers-25 times more t...