evidence: Fighting a better armed enemy with massive stockpiles, a well-developed defence industry, and virtually inexhaustible manpower, Ukraine needed support from its allies to survive. [...] Recognition of this has led Ukraine’s allies to commit ever greater quantities of heavier and more complex weapons, a flow that now reaches billions of dollars monthly. While Western weapons like NLAWs and Himars kept Ukraine in the fight, Russian weapons have proved the old adage attributed to Stalin that "quantity has a quality all its own". These are the weapons shaping the war in Ukraine.