Failure of the russian war. other than its astonishing brutality. he ukraine would recognise the day the first cruise missile falls on london, because that is a potential consequence of expanding the war, then the west s ability to support ukraine will rapidly diminish. so there is quite a lot to be gained by just focussing on helping ukraine to win this war. the queen has spoken publicly for the first time about having covid, saying it left her very tired and exhausted . she made the comment during a video call with staff and former patients at the royal london hospital, as louisa pilbeam reports. it does leave one very tired and exhausted, doesn t it, this horrible pandemic. it s the first time we ve heard the queen speak about her bout of covid as she sympathised with a patient who ended up on a ventilator due to the virus. are you better now?