Putin faces 'existential' crisis after failing to take Donbas for 12 years | Cormac Smith
“This is existential.”Putin’s insistence that the Donbas be signed over to Russia in peace negotiations highlights his inability to take the “heavily fortified fortress”, says former British diplomat ...
21 Jan 24min
Putin is losing the ‘drone war’ | Phillips O’Brien
“We’re getting closer to autonomy at the end, so if the Russians try to break the connection between the pilot and the drone, the drone can continue on.”Ukraine is “winning the drone war” as it moves ...
15 Jan 31min
Putin’s Donbas failures have plunged him into a desperate dilemma | William B Taylor
“He’s recognising desperately that he’s not winning on the battlefield.”Putin’s recent attacks on Lviv show his desperation, as his battlefield failures have forced the Russian leader into a “dilemma”...
13 Jan 27min
Putin doesn't trust his generals as Trump's 'imperialism' puts Kremlin regime at risk
Russia's failures at Kupiansk will have Putin questioning his generals capability as Trump's more aggressive stance on the world stage could threaten the Kremlin regime, says The Times' Michael Binyon...
9 Jan 20min
Putin’s Russian-flagged oil tanker was seized in ‘simple takeover’ | Former Royal Marine
“This is bread and butter operations for the US coastguard and the US military forces involved, they can do this in their sleep.”US military forces managed to seize the Russian-flagged oil tanker in a...
8 Jan 21min
‘Putin is really powerless’: Trump seizes Russian oil tanker | Lt Gen Ben Hodges
“It demonstrates that the Russians really are powerless to really do anything about this.”Trump is “finally enforcing sanctions” as he seizes a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the Atlantic, says Lieuten...
7 Jan 25min
Putin’s delusional as Russia fails to unravel Ukraine’s military operations | Maj Gen Chip Chapman
“Is anything really unravelling at a speed on the Ukrainian side, with such significance on the Russian side that we’re likely to get to some point where either Ukraine collapses or Russia collapses. ...
6 Jan 29min
Hundreds of Russian troops still trapped in Kupiansk in 'humiliation' to Putin
Putin's claims of taking Kupiansk resulted in Russian humiliation as a Ukrainian counter offensive has left one hundred of Kremlin's troops trapped in the centre, says Jimmy Rushton on Frontline. Hos...
6 Jan 24min
