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 management system to survive, as his inner circle i...
10 Jul 35min
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 tenuous”, as the cities are home to the Russian...
8 Jul 29min
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 burden on Putin, says former Major General Chip...
7 Jul 30min
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 denies Russian land forces freedom of moveme...
17 Jun 31min
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 news of the UK defence minister’s resignatio...
12 Jun 25min
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 or the Kremlin” as he fears being taken out...
10 Jun 30min
Putin's peace narrative 'rendered useless' by Zelensky's cunning move | Scott Lucas
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9 Jun 26min
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 it can exacerbate your economic model.”P...
5 Mai 28min
