Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security

“The Ukrainians are more hardened to Russia right now, have more visceral hatred to Russians than they ever did in 2014.”Putin’s bombardment of Ukraine fails as “air campaigns like this don’t work”, says retired US Army counterintelligence special agent David DeBatto. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"We can see that Trump is getting frustrated with Putin. He understands that his high hopes of delivering a quick deal in Ukraine have just not been achieved." Trump's growing frustration with Putin and pledge tio supply more weapons to Ukraine suggests he know Putin is in a weak position, says John Lough Head of Foreign Policy at the New Eurasian Strategies Centre. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"We are kind of breathing or breathing, rather thin air here. The Europeans have got to stop hoping that America will, step in and just get on and fill the gap."Trump's failure to push Russia into serious ceasefire talks has left Putin emboldened and able to attack Europe warns Edward Lucas, Times Columnist and European security expert. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Just because you lose something, doesn’t mean you’ll get it back again.”The Russians are failing to regain Luhansk, and even if they succeed, it does not “mark an inflection point in the campaign”, says George Barros, Russia team lead at The Institute for the Study of War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“The economy minister came out and said, ‘Look, the Central Bank has to do something here… because we are heading towards a recession.’”Putin realises the Russian people are furious as Russia’s economy faces dire consequences, says Scott Lucas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“They are taking one or two villages; that’s not going to make a difference.”Putin’s war is becoming “impossible” as Russia is not making any breakthroughs on land, says the deputy director of the Russia and Eurasia Programme and the head of the Ukraine Forum at Chatham House, Orysia Lutsevych. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Putin's invasion continues to flounder as the Kremlin struggles to justify high casualties against high inflation and low growth in the Russian economy, says Prof. Scott Lucas on Frontline with Kate Gerbeau. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“If he is met by strength, he will back off.”“Faffing around” and “grovelling” to Trump will not deter Putin as he only respects strength, says General Sir Richard Shirreff.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“If the roundabout stops, he falls off.”Putin is becoming “more wild,” pushing too many soldiers to the front without being able to supply food or fuel, says the Evening Standard’s Robert Fox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

He has now weakened Russia dramatically as a result of his invasion of Ukraine, and yet he keeps going.”Putin is at risk of “leaving the scene” after his “abnormal” activity leaves Russia too fragile to break Article 5, says former US ambassador to Nato Kurt Volker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.