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Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
The sharpest minds and analysis on the frontline of the war in Ukraine - and related conflicts - on Times Radio.
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- Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
Putin under pressure to force Russians into battle as troop losses spiral | Shaun Pinner
“Long gone are the contracts and the big payouts. That’s all changed.” Putin is deflecting attention from many of his problems at home, as Russia’s horrendous…
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Putin to be brought to his knees as Ukraine’s deep battle gains momentum | Maj Gen. Chip Chapman
“It's that which might give this sort of leverage in bringing Putin to negotiations.” As Ukraine’s deep battle continues to be successful with their attacks on…
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Putin faces massive blow as new Congress backs Ukraine’s 2027 campaign | Scott Lucas
“Unless we get a quick settlement out of these talks, which I don’t think will happen, bring on 2027 because you have a changed domestic situation in the…
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'We must be ready for war tonight' | Estonian politician's Putin warning for NATO
As part of Times Radio's partnership with the Magnitsky Awards, Kate Gerbeau speaks with Estonian parliamentarian & former intelligence boss Eerik-Niiles…
- Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
'We must be ready for war tonight' | Estonian politician's Putin warning for NATO
As part of Times Radio's partnership with the Magnitsky Awards, Kate Gerbeau speaks with Estonian parliamentarian & former intelligence boss Eerik-Niiles…
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Putin can’t keep up with Ukrainian depth battle behind the frontline | Robert Fox
“If you go from a force of 200,000 to 350,000 and you’re being attacked in the rear, you can’t sustain it.” Putin’s forces face a “major reorganisation” as…
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Plane bomb threats could have ‘Russian fingerprints on them’ | Michael Bociurkiw
“I think forensics could indicate where this has come from.” Bomb threats made against European flights could have “the fingerprints of Russia all over them”…
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Putin’s greatest mistake: How Russia’s intelligence failed | Al Carns
“He thought the whole system would fold over and collapse much quicker … the fight put up by the stoic regiments and special forces decimated the Russians.”…
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Putin loses all 2026 gains as his campaign is defeated by robots | Amb. Volker
“They can’t keep up with that rate of loss. So they’re recruiting fewer than they are losing.” Putin cannot sustain Russia’s heavy losses after Ukrainian…
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Putin's agents 'hunt' documentary maker in London over unseen Ukraine footage
Filmmaker and charity founder Pritan Ambroase joins Amy Kellogg to reveal the terrifying campaign of intimidation, harassment, and violence he has faced since…
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Putin “cannot go on for long” | Anna Zafesova
“Russia has run out of people ready to be killed for $2,000 a month." Author and Russia/Ukraine expert Anna Zafesova joins Frontline presenter Amy Kellogg, as…
- Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
Putin’s crumbling capabilities are no match for Nato | John Foreman
“By definition, it’s not going to be a limited response from Nato; it’s going to be a regional response, including strikes inside Russia and the risk to go…
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Putin’s war spectacularly backfires leaving NATO stronger than ever | Jim Townsend
“He better strike while the iron’s hot because eventually Nato is ogling other be, without the US, able to take on Russia … and that day will come.” Putin and…
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Putin will not survive the war as Russian economy is warped out of shape | Lord Ricketts
“I’m not sure Putin will survive into that period, but at some point they are going to look back and say this is a disaster.” The Russians are going to “pay…
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Putin’s in total denial as all his military objectives have failed | Philip Ingram
“The conditions have not been set on the ground for Putin to realise he is not going to win.” False information from Russian generals means that Putin is in…
- Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
Trump’s dangerous misreading of Putin’s power | Dr Jamie Shea
“The war is not going in any sense in Russia’s way.” Trump does not understand Putin’s true position in this war and exaggerates Russia’s strength, says Dr…
- Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
Putin’s military strategy flawed as Ukraine wipes out Russian troops | Sean Bell
“Ukraine has said, ‘Right, if you want to do a pincer movement, you have to go through the fields, which makes you very vulnerable, and we will take you out.’”…
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Zelensky sends 1000 drones to hit Putin's refineries in 'message to Trump' | Prof. Robert Pape
You have been listening to Frontline, with Kate Gerbeau, Philip Ingram, Louis Sykes and Laura Martinez-Williams, produced by Times Radio. Hosted on Acast. See…
- Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
Putin’s ‘stuck in a dangerous place’ as Ukraine scorches Russian economy | Bill Browder
“The Ukrainians have a way of fighting back to scorch his economy.” Putin is “stuck” in a “dangerous place” as he finds himself fighting against a resilient…
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Kyiv smashes Putin's refineries as Starshield system restored to Ukraine | Scott Lucas
You have been listening to Frontline, with Kate Gerbeau, Philip Ingram, Louis Sykes and Laura Martinez-Williams, produced by Times Radio. Hosted on Acast. See…
- Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
Trump's 'schizophrenic' policymaking can't save Putin | Orysia Lutsevych
You have been listening to Frontline, with Kate Gerbeau, Philip Ingram, Louis Sykes and Laura Martinez-Williams, produced by Times Radio. Hosted on Acast. See…
- Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
'Russia is in big trouble' as deep strikes hit Yandex and Putin's bots | Maj. Gen. Mick Ryan
You have been listening to Frontline, with Kate Gerbeau, Philip Ingram, Louis Sykes and Laura Martinez-Williams, produced by Times Radio. Hosted on Acast. See…
- Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
'Trump's been played' again as Putin's diesel supply likely already destroyed by Ukraine | Tim Ash
Trump's deal to buy Russian oil won't make a dent in the US fuel crisis even if any Russian fuel arrives in America at all, Economist Tim Ash tells Philip…
- Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
Putin’s drones decimated by Ukraine’s new AI robot guns | Yuriy Sak
“They are using AI to identify targets in the sky, to calculate the trajectory, to calculate where it’s going. Much more efficient than the human eye.” New…
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Will Putin Aim to Create a Land Corridor to Moldova? | Frontline
“It does look like Vladimir Putin is intent on linking up mainland Russia, if you will, through southern Odesa into Moldova.” Michael Bociurkiw and Michael…
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Putin’s cronies know their troops are ‘ineffective’ | Amb. Volker
“Inside the Kremlin, they know that Ukraine is able to fight back, and that’s why they’re escalating their hybrid attacks against NATO.” Russia knows it is…
- Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
Putin’s troops fooled by a Trojan horse in Operation Vivaldi | Shaun Pinner
“They parachuted ground vehicles in behind enemy lines and drove them.” Journalist and British Army veteran Shaun Pinner describes how Ukrainian troops managed…
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Putin’s people fear China’s political takeover | Ian Williams
“There is a fear that, look across the border, there is an economically successful, teaming in population terms, rival. At what point does China seek to turn…
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Putin’s army is in ‘survival mode’ as fortress belt assault collapses | George Barros
“The Russian idea of encircling the fortress belt within the next six months—that’s not going to happen.” Russia’s 25th Combined Arms Army is in “survival…
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Frontline footage shows Ukrainian commander's rescue under Russian drone attack | Maxim Tucker
Lieutenant Vladyslav Polskyi has won Ukraine’s highest military honour for rescuing two wounded soldiers in the ‘kill zone’. Maxim Tucker discusses his time…
- Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
Putin’s people ‘are starting to get angry!’: Ukraine's spy chief reveals intelligence | Maxim Tucker
“Discontent is starting to rumble among the population.” Ukraine’s new spy chief has received intelligence suggesting that the Russian people are beginning to…
- Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
Putin ‘deliberately targeted’ train with former UK PM | Lord Ricketts
“They were certainly deliberately targeting to kill the people, to destroy the train, or at the very least to send a very intimidating signal that it is…
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Putin’s self-deception is driving Russia towards operational disaster | Keir Giles
“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…
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Putin loses major position in Ukraine’s biggest operation since Kursk | Col Hamish de Bretton-Gordon
“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…
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Witkoff and Kushner’s ‘doomed diplomacy’ plays into Putin’s trap | Scott Lucas
“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…
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‘Knuckleheads’ Witkoff and Kushner’s Kyiv visit was ‘embarrassing’ | Lt Gen Ben Hodges
“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…
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'Putin is completely mad' | Anna Zafesova
“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…
- Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
Putin suffers major operational blows in Fortress Belt and Kinburn Spit | Maj. Gen. Chip Chapman
“The Russians have had a miscellaneous ‘F’ failure there.” Ukrainian firepower and drone control over logistical lines of communication have put 2,500 Russian…
- Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
Putin has already lost the war in Ukraine | Mikhail Khodorkovsky
He was once Russia's richest man. Mikhail Khodorkovsky was thrown in jail for urging democratic change in Russia and since getting out and leaving Russia more…
- Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
Putin craves support, but the mood in Russia has turned | Exiled politician Boris Nadezhdin
On this episode of Frontline, Amy Kellogg sits down with Putin critic and exiled Russian politician Boris Nadezhdin for an extended interview. Boris was…
- Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
Putin resorts to "mystic" measures as Russians turn against "broken" economy | Robert Fox
Robert Fox, Defence Editor for the Evening Standard, talks to the Frontline's Philip Ingram on Putin's election troubles, Russia's "broken" economy and…
- Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
Putin's Black Sea fleet at risk after Storm Shadow missile threat | Jimmy Rushton
"When a country is fighting this sort of war, that's a really big incentive to get things done pretty quickly." Ukraine has been given access to critical…
- Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
Will ‘systemic crisis in government" force Zelensky to face election calls | Orysia Lutsevych
Orysia Lutsevych breaks down just how deep corruption runs in Ukraine right now, what is really being done about it and what axed Defense Minister Fedorov's…
- Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
Why US Intelligence Is WRONG About Russia Attacking NATO | Mark Galeotti
Kate Gerbeau is joined by Mark Galeotti to discuss all the latest on the war in Ukraine including why it might be too pre-emptive to talk about Russian attacks…
- Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
Europe cannot ‘put up with Putin’s rubbish’ anymore or he will target NATO
Former army officer and military analyst Major General Mick Ryan speaks with Kate Gerbeau about the 'most uncomfortable' moment of Zelenksy's presidency and…
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Putin cornered as Ukraine turns up the heat on the Russian people | Cormac Smith
“For four years, the Russian people were insulated from this war, but over the past six months, the war has been brought home to them.” Ukraine is putting “the…
- Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
Putin’s fatal lack of strategic ingenuity could cost him the war | Aaron Edwards
“It’s quite imaginative, the things they’ve [Ukraine] managed to carry out.” Russia’s failure to learn and adapt its special operations tactics has put Putin…
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Putin’s crisis deepens as Ukraine launches huge assault on Moscow | Robert Fox
“That would’ve really hit public opinion. It’s like saying you can’t get anything from Amazon.” Putin is under pressure as Ukraine’s largest attack on Moscow…
- Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
Putin’s ageing circle of command is a sinking ship | Nikolai Petrov
“The only way to keep this system afloat is to construct it in a manual way and replace the old guys with the new generation.” Putin must replace his…
- Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
Putin could face oligarch uproar as Ukraine strikes the heart of Russia | Cormac Smith
“Drafting troops from St Petersburg and Moscow would be a massive gamble.” The strikes on St Petersburg and Moscow are making Putin’s grip on power “more…
- Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
Putin’s nightmare: Ukraine demolishes Russia’s A2/AD and targets Crimea’s grid | Maj Gen Chip Chapman
“Crimea is becoming a burden for Russia.” Ukraine has paralysed life in Crimea with its recent attacks on energy grids and infrastructure, increasing the…
- Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
Putin left with no way out as Ukraine leaves Crimea in a deadlock | George Barros
“These longer to medium range strike drones are able to pick off the Russian trucks and trains.” Ukraine isolates Crimea through a thoughtout campaign which…
- Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
Putin’s war machine at breaking point as Ukraine’s ‘Darwinian innovation’ excels
On today’s episode of Frontline, Kate Gerbeau speaks to Major General Richard Shirreff about Ukraine’s “Darwinian innovation” and he reacts to the breaking…
- Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
Putin ’terrified’ as he cowers in Kremlin, fearing Ukrainian hit | Hamish de Bretton-Gordon
“I understand Putin hasn’t been outside, as it were, for weeks, if not months now.” Putin is “terrified” of venturing outside of his “highly defended palaces…
- Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
Putin's peace narrative 'rendered useless' by Zelensky's cunning move | Scott Lucas
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Putin fears assassination as Russian outrage skyrockets | Maj Gen Chip Chapman
“Every authoritarian regime has an internet kill switch which they can employ, but the population do get generally quite disturbed when those things happen and…
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Putin faces economic crisis as Ukraine unlocks Russia’s achilles heel | Shaun Pinner
“We could walk back into the occupied territories without a shot being fired.” Ukraine has “clawed back the battlefield” by targeting Putin’s “achilles heel”…
- Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
Putin fears Nato's wrath as he faces the point of no return | Robert Fox
“If you were to get shooting Putin, if it were…if we have that in the channel or the Danish narrows, we could very quickly be in a chapter five Nato…
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Putin’s generals are ‘looking over their shoulders' as the GUR ramp up attacks | Lt Gen Ben Hodges
“It’s got an arm like the Mossad that can hunt down Russian generals and anyone else who is responsible for war crimes.” Putin's commanders will “spend the…
- Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
Putin loses key ally as Orban ejected from power in Hungarian elections
Putin ally Viktor Orban has stepped down after losing the Hungarian election, Michael Bociurkiw, Ukraine based journalist and former diplomat discusses what it…