In an article on his Substack Futura Doctrina, Mick Ryan reports from his seventh research visit to Ukraine that Russia's strike campaign — some 300 Shaheds a day, longer attacks, and new turbojet Geran-4 drones — has darkened Kyiv and strained Ukrainian air defence, while Ukraine's armed forces reform their learning system to adapt faster than Russia. He argues Western militaries have learned little from Ukraine, calls the Australian Defence Force's four-year delay institutional arrogance, and sets out seven imperatives on people, mobilisation planning, and building institutions that adapt, urging implementation now.