Ukraine: The Latest

Why the Ukrainian counter-offensive can still succeed with Frederick W. Kagan of the AEI’s Critical Threats Project

Aug 8, 2023

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Introduction

2min

The Ukrainian Assault on Pokrovsk

3min

Putin's Three-Week Lightning Offensive Is Proceeding According to Plan

5min

The Russians Targeted Prokrovsk

5min

The State of the Counter-Offensive in Ukraine

6min

The Russian Defenses in the Western-Sapadija Area

3min

Ukraine's Counter-Offensive: How to Define Victory

5min

The West Needs to Recalibrate Its Expectations

2min

Putin's Purpose in the War

3min

10.

The Russians' Failure to Learn From the Black Sea Fleet

4min

11.

The Economic Impact of Sanctions on Putin

3min

12.

The West Should Have Led in Right Away to Provide Ukraine With the Material It Needs

2min

13.

The Russians' Fear of a Russian Tactical Nuclear Strike in Ukraine

4min

14.

The Failure of Leadership in the Western World About the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

4min

15.

The Ukraine War Has Found the Machinery of Western Governments Wanting

2min

16.

The Importance of Reading Jack's Paper From Roosie

3min

17.

Frederick's Thoughts on the Napoleonic Wars

2min

18.

The War That Ukraine Is Fighting Is Not an Altruistic Intake

4min

Day 530. Today, we bring you the latest updates from Ukraine, discuss the Russian strike on a hotel and pizza restaurant in Pokrovsk and we interview Frederick Kagan Senior Fellow and Director of the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute.

Contributors:

David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter.

Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter.

Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter.

Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on Twitter.

With thanks to Frederick Kagan, Senior Fellow and Director of the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute. @FredWKagan on Twitter.

Ukraine accuses Russia of targeting emergency workers in ‘double tap’ missile strike on hotel, by Roland Oliphant

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