It’s both tempting and normal to focus on the land when it comes to conflict and war. This is where the majority of the visible fighting takes place. Even the Falklands War, a notably maritime conflict, was about using the sea to regain the land. Most conditions and terms of surrender are discussed on land. The bias is understandable – it’s also where we live.

The recent round of discussions on the future of Ukraine triggered by President Trump and Putin meeting in Alaska is no exception. No matter how grim it is to see where people live and have set up their lives discussed as if it were a game of Risk, that is the reality. In some ways the Donbas region typifies this, being treated like a commodity whilst the thousands who fought, and are fighting, so bravely to defend it are asked to watch on.