Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security

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Putin faces 'existential' crisis after failing to take Donbas for 12 years | Cormac Smith
21/1/2026 | 24 mins.
“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 Cormac Smith.
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Putin is losing the ‘drone war’ | Phillips O’Brien
15/1/2026 | 31 mins.
“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 closer to finishing “autonomous drones”, says military historian and professor Phillips O’Brien.

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Putin’s Donbas failures have plunged him into a desperate dilemma | William B Taylor
13/1/2026 | 27 mins.
“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”, says former US ambassador to Ukraine William B Taylor.
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Putin doesn't trust his generals as Trump's 'imperialism' puts Kremlin regime at risk
09/1/2026 | 20 mins.
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 on Frontline.

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Putin’s Russian-flagged oil tanker was seized in ‘simple takeover’ | Former Royal Marine
08/1/2026 | 21 mins.
“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 “simple takeover”, says former royal marine James Glancy.

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The sharpest minds and analysis on the frontline of the war in Ukraine - and related conflicts - on Times Radio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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