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The sharpest minds and analysis on the frontline of the war in Ukraine - and related conflicts - on Times Radio.
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Hamish de Bretton-Gordon on how Ukrainian deep strikes are putting pressure on the Kremlin while Putin’s forces fail to advanceOlesia Horianinova, Co-Founder of The Ukrainian Security and Cooperation Center discusses Ukraine’s reforms appearing to solve the problem of recruitment in the military and a similar crisis emerging in Russia’s theatre destabilising the Kremlin's power. And Scott Lucas tells us that Putin's spring offensive has begun reports show Russia is making gains needed to make up for losses in early 2026 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
“There are people saying one of the lessons the Kremlin has reiterated to it is the strength of American air power with what happened against the Ayatollah in Tehran and what happened to Maduro in Venezuela…maybe that fed Putin’s own paranoia.”Putin’s disappearance from the political stage after Iran war ruins his last-ditch attempt to sort Russia-Ukraine negotiations, says former UK defence attache to Moscow and Kyiv John Foreman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
“These are the acts of a scared little man.”Vladimir Putin has switched off wifi access in Moscow and is avoiding the Kremlin by “hiding in a bunker somewhere” over fears to the risk to his own life, says financier and political activist Sir William Browder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Daniel Tkiie, Ukrainian news anchor and TV host, on how rising RUssian casualties are making putin’s war less and less popular among his people Scott Lucas Professor of International Politics, University College Dublin gives us insight into the American perspective of the war. And why Trump’s concession to Iran over the Straits of Hormuz hurt him, could be a big win for Putin and a big loss for the Republicans in the midterms?Diane Francis a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center tells us how the Ukrainian army has created digital killing zones and is creating a staggering amount of Russian casualties. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
“Russian territory is so large that Ukrainian drones can evade Russian air defences.”Putin’s full-scale war against Ukraine has “backfired against Russia” as Ukraine ability to produce millions of drones can stop his offensive, says Ukrainian news anchor and TV host Daniel Tkiie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
“This is about the fifth person in his inner circle who was about to be arrested for corruption.”Putin’s problems amount as his éminence grise, Vladislav Surkov, “suddenly disappeared”, says Kremlinologist and nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council Diane Francis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
“The weaknesses they have shown are very serious indeed…the quality of troops and fighting spirit, despite all their deprivations, the Ukrainian side is beginning to expose what a dreadful mess the Russian units are in .”Ukraine have been taking advantage of Putin’s weaknesses on the battlefield as Russian troops turn on each other, says The Standard’s defence editor Robert Fox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
“In terms of ability, competence, sophistication, Ukraine is streaks ahead.”Ukraine’s ability to develop sophisticated strategies with their drone attacks on Russian oil refineries and airfields is making “Putin and his advisers think”, says former clerk in House of Commons for the defence committee Eliot Wilson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
“It’s bringing the fight a lot closer to the Russian military inside Russia.”Ukraine’s newly developed long-range missile packages have breached Putin’s walls and are targeting oil refineries and infrastructure inside Russia, says former US special envoy to Ukraine, Ambassador Kurt Volker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Russia continues to lose Ukrainian territory omn the southern fronts after Starlink bans sent Russian logistics and comms into crisis says Prof. Scott Lucas on Frontline. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
“Now we’re seeing Ukrainian cruise missiles come online...there’s the possibility they can get the upper hand again.”Ukraine is developing their capabilities when it comes to cruise missiles as they are more accurate, says director of military sciences at RUSI Mathew Savill. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1Putin will be worried about his survival as talks and military offensives fail to hand the Donbas to Russia, warns John Lough from the New Eurasian Strategies centre. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
“Putin’s generals or his elites around him may see that enough is enough and he could be forced out.”Targeting Russia’s oil supply will bring Putin “to his knees” as it will hit the war economy where it hurts, says analyst at the Atlantic Council Michael Bociurkiw.[3:13 PM] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
“They have been able to sink the Russian navy in the Black Sea, without a navy, but with sea drones.”Russia expert Diane Francis and Chatham House’s Orysia Lutsevych discuss the last four years of the Ukraine war and how the Ukrainians have “reinvented warfare” by striking Putin’s navy and key infrastructure with it's innovative drone warfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
“Let the Russians brag about their inexorable advance all they want while Ukrainians figure out how to slaughter them to the tune of 40-50,000 a month.”Former commander of the US army in Europe General Ben Hodges, The Times’s Maxim Tucker and former advisor to the Ukrainian ministry of defence Yuriy Sak join Philip Ingram to reflect on the last four years of the Ukraine war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
“That’s a huge figure which is, at the moment, more than Russia’s recruitment rate.”Putin could be forced into difficult decisions that could threaten his regime after Ukraine’s commander-in-chief reports that Ukraine killed 32,000 Russian troops last month alone, says The Times’s Maxim Tucker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
“It really caused a breakdown in the cohesion of many units, which meant they couldn’t coordinate either the attacks against the Ukrainians or defence against Ukrainian attacks.”Elon Musk’s decision to cut off Starlink access to Putin's forces “took them by surprise” and has halted Russian attacks on the frontline, says Major General Mick Ryan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"If he sits down with Zelensky and Trump, then it becomes obvious who the person is who doesn't want peace, and that's Vladimir Putin,"Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's comments on peace in Ukraine show Putin is still under pressure not to accept any US/Ukraine peace terms or be pushed into a trilateral meeting, says Sir Bill Browder on Frontline Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"Once Putin takes a step back, that's it he's done."Putin is facing "internal divisions" after Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov voiced concerns that agreements made with Trump in Alaska had collapsed while Kremlin hardliners push for Russia not to sign any agreement, says Prof. Scott Lucas on Frontline. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
“A small number of cheap, AI-guided attack and interceptor drones … can knock down Shahed systems.”Putin’s Shahed systems are being wiped out by innovative Ukrainian and European drone systems, says former Major General Chip Chapman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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I switched off when I heard her say europe was obligated to join the US in its gulf war . shocking lack of understanding of NATO.as a defensive alliance
Ukraine constrained by immediate NATO membership . . . (1) Putin has described many times, his personal - and Russia’s historic - paranoia of Russia being invaded, particularly from the West - and now the encroachment of NATO - as the main reason for his war in Ukraine. No-one could imagine that President Trump would sanction, allow, approve, NATO or any of its member countries, to instigate an unprovoked, unilateral, invasion, and to attack Russia. With Ukraine outside NATO, no-one - not even President Trump - has such a veto over Kyiv, or the necessary control, to prevent Ukraine from ever making such an attack on Russia. With Ukraine allowed to immediately join NATO, Ukraine would be bound by all the obligations and the constraints imposed on established member states . . . which should satisfy Moscow.
Ukraine constrained by immediate NATO membership . . . (2) With Ukraine allowed to immediately join NATO, Ukraine would in-turn be provided with the only realistic guarantee that would ensure their own long-term security . . . which would satisfy Kyiv. If President Trump can not convince Putin of all the above logic, then the President is not the “deal maker” he likes to believe himself to be.