Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security

“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 mode”, trying to establish a new defensive line along the Zherebets River, says The ISW’s George Barros.
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Lieutenant Vladyslav Polskyi has won Ukraine’s highest military honour for rescuing two wounded soldiers in the ‘kill zone’. Maxim Tucker discusses his time speaking with the former teacher and his unit in Ukraine on Frontline.

Read Maxim's interview with Polskyi on The Times: https://www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/ukraine-dispatch-teacher-hero-xkv7qkrk3
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“Discontent is starting to rumble among the population.”

Ukraine’s new spy chief has received intelligence suggesting that the Russian people are beginning to express their anger publicly over the war in Ukraine, says The Times’ Maxim Tucker.
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“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 dangerous for Western VIPs to go into Ukraine.”

Russia tries to “choke off” constant Western visits to Ukraine by targeting Boris Johnson’s rail route to Poland, says Lord Ricketts.
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“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 self-deception is causing operational setbacks for the Russian military and making the prospect of a ceasefire even more remote, says Keir Giles.
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