Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security

150 episodes

Putin’s self-deception is driving Russia towards operational disaster | Keir Giles
10/09/2026 | 28 mins.
“If you have a command structure that thinks Russia is already in charge of a piece of territory and sends more people in, they die in their hundreds.”

Putin’s self-deception is causing operational setbacks for the Russian military and making the prospect of a ceasefire even more remote, says Keir Giles.
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Putin loses major position in Ukraine’s biggest operation since Kursk | Col Hamish de Bretton-Gordon
09/09/2026 | 24 mins.
“Ukraine has managed to attack Russia where it is weak.”

Ukraine has managed to suppress Russian drones using manpower and armour in Lyman and hold its position, says former British Army colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon.
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Witkoff and Kushner’s ‘doomed diplomacy’ plays into Putin’s trap | Scott Lucas
08/09/2026 | 34 mins.
“Witkoff plays right into it … The idea that you’ve been spun by the Kremlin I don’t know how many times is at the top of your list?”

Witkoff and Kushner’s visit to Moscow was openly mocked by the Russians, who called their meeting with Putin “diplomacy of the doomed”, says Professor Scott Lucas.
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‘Knuckleheads’ Witkoff and Kushner’s Kyiv visit was ‘embarrassing’ | Lt Gen Ben Hodges
08/09/2026 | 31 mins.
“Where is the secretary of state, Mr Rubio? … He is absolutely AWOL.”

Witkoff and Kushner’s visit to Kyiv was “hard to watch” after they sucked up to Putin during their previous meeting in Moscow, says Lieutenant General Ben Hodges.
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'Putin is completely mad' | Anna Zafesova
04/09/2026 | 36 mins.
“Putin's pursuing his own delirious ideas... first he invented history, now he’s inventing biology,”

A total consensus is forming across Russia that Putin has gone completely mad, as an exploding economy pushes the country to the edge with zero political mechanisms to remove him, says journalist Anna Zafesova.

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The sharpest minds and analysis on the frontline of the war in Ukraine - and related conflicts - on Times Radio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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