Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security

“Russia has run out of people ready to be killed for $2,000 a month."

Author and Russia/Ukraine expert Anna Zafesova joins Frontline presenter Amy Kellogg, as she lays out the state of the war, arguing that Putin is in a domestically vulnerable state. As new rumours swirl about potential Russian-US business deals on team Trump's wish list, she returns to address the age-old question: What, if anything, does Putin have on the US President?
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“By definition, it’s not going to be a limited response from Nato; it’s going to be a regional response, including strikes inside Russia and the risk to go nuclear.”

It is “erroneous” to think that Russia may launch an armed attack against the alliance, as Putin does not have the capability to fend off a Nato response, says John Foreman, former UK defence attaché to the Russian Federation.
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“He better strike while the iron’s hot because eventually Nato is ogling other be, without the US, able to take on Russia … and that day will come.”

Putin and Trumps cosy relationship will backfire as it has only made Nato stronger says former deputy assistant secretary of defence Jim Townsend.
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“I’m not sure Putin will survive into that period, but at some point they are going to look back and say this is a disaster.”

The Russians are going to “pay the price” down the line as Russia loses all Western investment and falls behind in innovation in the AI race while Putin focuses on his war in Ukraine, says Lord Ricketts.
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“The conditions have not been set on the ground for Putin to realise he is not going to win.”

False information from Russian generals means that Putin is in total denial about the fact that all of his military objectives have failed, says former British Army colonel and Frontline host Philip Ingram.
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