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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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With US support Ukraine could force Russia to end the war by threatening to completely collapse the Russian economy through further energy strikes, says @StarskyUA on Frontline. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
“Three years in, its entire year’s advance has been tiny.”Russia is experiencing a “strategic catastrophe” as its military campaign “winds down” and resets for 2026, says former UK defence attaché Moscow and Kyiv John Foreman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
“The Russians are still encircled…there’s not much hope that the Russians can break those guys out.”The Ukrainian troops “open fire” on advancing Russians as they accidentally walk into an ambush point, says The Times’s Mixim Tucker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"A war of occupation from Russia is looking as impossible as it was looking by April 2022."Ukraine's strikes on Russian oil infrastructure appear to have the green light from the US regardless of whether tomahawk is added to Kyiv's arsenal, sparking a major worry for Putin's regime, says The Standard's Robert Fox on Frontline. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
“By being so maximalist in his demands… we are much more likely to get into the scenario where Russia is feeling the need for a ceasefire.”Putin will fail as he cannot sustain his war effort after facing economic and military problems, says former US ambassador Kurt Volker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
“They never ever acknowledged the mistakes they made… and that’s what he’s getting at, and that’s a dangerous line for the Kremlin.”Putin’s Kremlin is under attack from within after remarks made by former FSB officer Igor Girkin hit at the “poor management” of Moscow's high command, says Russia expert Mark Galeotti. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"Ukraine has two strike campaigns going at the moment. One is economic warfare, which is targeting Russian oil infrastructure with an aim of degrading the export revenue and their ability to fund the war. The other campaign is targeting military operational and strategic targets."The US is considering providing more support for Ukrainian strikes as Russia's oil industry appears to be severely crippled, Maj. Gen. Mick Ryan tells Frontline. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
“There are signs that Putin and co recognise that their days in power are probably numbered.”Putin is preparing for his, and other elderly colleagues, “departure” as he appoints family members into the Kremlin to eradicate disloyalty in his government, says head of Foreign Policy at the New Eurasian Strategies Centre John Lough. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
“That is, if not a game changer, it’s an eye opener.”Calls to shoot down Russian aircrafts could bolster Nato to deter Putin, says The Times’s writer and security specialist Edward Lucas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil refineries are close to causing shortages in major cities like Moscow, warns Michael Bociurkiw on Frontline. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On today’s episode of Frontline, Sean Bell speaks to Philip Ingram about Russia’s incursion into Poland, recent military exercises into Belarus and the significance of the Battle of Britain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Timothy Ash joins Kate Gerbeau on today's episode of Frontline Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
“He secretly sees a very, very unhealthy population to the extent of disgusting things.”Russians are being wiped out from within as Putin’s regime’s relaxed approach to disease is “bound to hit”, says the Evening Standard’s defence editor Robert Fox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
“Whenever they have punched through a couple of kilometres, they’ve lost it almost straight away.”Putin doesn’t have any more power than to "hang on" as his military proves incapable of holding territory, says former British Army officer Hamish de Bretton-Gordon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
“What the United States needs to do is blunt Russia’s ability to take more territory on the ground.”If Putin feels he is out of all options on the ground, then he will be forced to the negations table, says former deputy assistant to Trump Dr Fiona Hill. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
“The one thing that Putin fears most is the Russian people.”Ukraine's long-range strikes on Russian oil infrastructure is “bringing the war home to Russia” as the Russian people are fighting over fuel, says former British diplomate to Ukraine Cormac Smith. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
“It’s not a stalemate at sea. Ukraine has gained decisive advantages there over Russia.”Ukraine has demonstrated “revolutionary” tactics as a nation without a navy that has managed to push back Putin’s Black Sea Fleet, says Brigadier Ben Barry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Europe and the US might be forced to intervene as Russia appears to have doubled down on Putin's invasion after the failure of Trump's Alaska summit, warns retired Air Vice-Marshal Sean Bell on Frontline. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Putin has relied on the myths of a short war and Russia's military power but cannot win unless Ukraine gives up, says Prof. Philips O'Brien Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
“Russia is in real trouble.”Putin’s weakening economy is crippling Russia’s war efforts as the leader can’t afford to keep his campaign going, says former commanding general of US Army Europe, General Ben Hodges. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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