Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security

“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.

John Lough, head of foreign policy at the New Eurasian Strategies Centre and former NATO representative in Moscow, gives sharp analysis on Russia and Ukraine. He discusses battlefield balance and the high costs of Russia’s advances. He covers economic adaptation to sanctions and how energy sales blunt pressure. He also explores Putin’s shifting priorities and Ukraine’s strategic messaging.

“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.

Mick Ryan, Major General (ret.) and military scholar known for writing on the War for Ukraine, breaks down battlefield dynamics and strategy. He discusses Starlink's sudden shutdown and its tactical shock on Russian assaults. He explores surprise in warfare, drone and AI trends, and what strategic shifts Europe and allies must make.

"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.