Many new weapons and Russian Wagner boss who speaks of “defeat” in Bachmoet. Has the battle fallen into a final fold? | War Ukraine and Russia

It seems like the good news show for Ukraine. Only just received a shipment of Storm Shadow cruise missiles from Britain when Germany throws 2.7 billion euros in weaponry on top, including 30 Leopard 1 tanks. Meanwhile, according to the Russians, the battle for Bachmut is unfolding in a “repositioning” and, according to Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, even in “a defeat”. Are these real game changers? We asked military expert and former Colonel Roger Housen.