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Thank you. Spectator.com.uk forward slash voucher. Hello and welcome to Spectator Outland. Each week we choose some of our favourite pieces from

the magazine and ask their writers to read them out loud. I'm Patrick Gibbons and on the

podcast this week, Svetlana Mornets, who won young journalist of the year at the Press Awards this week, issues a challenge to the West.

If they'll keep Israel safe, why not Ukraine?

Mary Wakefield questions the slow response to the Ministry of Defence being daubed in red paint.

And having crashed a party by the group responsible,

youth demand, Max Jeffrey discusses their aims and tactics.

And Sam Leith reviews Selman Rushdie's new book, Knife, Meditations after an attempted murder.

Finally, remembering the live force that was Michael Tanner, Richard Bratby reads his tribute to the spectator critic who died

earlier this month. Up first, Svetlana Mornets. When Israel and its allies shot down hundreds

of Iranian drones and missiles, they demonstrated what an effective air defense looks like.

The slow-moving Shah had suicide drones were not hard for the Israeli, Jordanian,

British, American and probably Saudi air forces to find and eliminate. Even Iran's cruise missiles

were thwarted. It was an overwhelming victory for Israel and accumulation for Iran. In Ukraine,

all this was watched with desperation and even anger.

While Israel boasts robust air defense systems and with its allies can deploy hundreds of

combat aircraft to repel Iran's attacks, Ukraine must ration its defense munitions.

Kiev is forced to choose which cities to protect.

Ukraine's interception rate, which was above 75% in 2022, is now down to 46%. Russians have adapted their routine so that after their missiles hit, they fire a second round,

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