Franz-Stefan Gady is an associate fellow for cyber power and future conflict at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, an adjunct senior fellow for defense at the Center for a New American Security, the author of How the United States Would Fight China: The Risks of Pursuing a Rapid Victory., and a co-editor, with Amos C. Fox, of Multidomain Operations: The Pursuit of Dominance on the 21st Century Battlefield.
Soldiers in full combat gear and helmets perform a tactical exercise on a green, hilly field. Thick white smoke billows from a canister in the foreground, partially obscuring the view. Some soldiers run across the open grass toward military vehicles, while others are positioned in a shallow trench, aiming their rifles.
A close-up view shows a woman wearing sunglasses and a ballcap. A TV screen is reflected in one lens of the sunglasses, showing Donald Trump speaking into a microphone.
An image from a video released by a source in the Ukrainian Security Service shows a Ukrainian drone striking a Russian aircraft deep in Russian territory on June 1.
