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Putin left with no way out as Ukraine leaves Crimea in a deadlock | George Barros
Jun 17, 2026
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Putin’s war machine at breaking point as Ukraine’s ‘Darwinian innovation’ excels
Jun 12, 2026
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Putin ’terrified’ as he cowers in Kremlin, fearing Ukrainian hit | Hamish de Bretton-Gordon
Jun 10, 2026
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Putin's peace narrative 'rendered useless' by Zelensky's cunning move | Scott Lucas
Jun 9, 2026
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Putin fears assassination as Russian outrage skyrockets | Maj Gen Chip Chapman
May 5, 2026
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| 6/17/26 | 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 movement and freedom of manoeuvre, says The ISW’s George Barros. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 6/12/26 | 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 resignation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 6/10/26 | 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 by Ukraine, says Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, the author of ‘Tank Command.’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 6/9/26 | Putin's peace narrative 'rendered useless' by Zelensky's cunning move | Scott Lucas | Professor Scott Lucas & Maddie Hale Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 5/5/26 | 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.”Putin’s paranoia is “elevated” as outrage from internet blackouts in Russia sparks fears of assassination for its president, says former Major General Chip Chapman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 4/30/26 | Putin faces economic crisis as Ukraine unlocks Russia’s achilles heel | Shaun Pinner | “We could walk back into the occupied territories without a shot being fired.”Ukraine has “clawed back the battlefield” by targeting Putin’s “achilles heel” with its strikes on Russia’s oil refineries, says former British Army soldier and journalist Shaun Pinner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 4/28/26 | Putin fears Nato's wrath as he faces the point of no return | Robert Fox | “If you were to get shooting Putin, if it were…if we have that in the channel or the Danish narrows, we could very quickly be in a chapter five Nato confrontation.”Putin could quickly find himself in a sticky situation if someone “gets fed up with him”, says The Standard’s defence editor and writer for The Independent and the i Robert Fox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 4/14/26 | Putin’s generals are ‘looking over their shoulders' as the GUR ramp up attacks | Lt Gen Ben Hodges | “It’s got an arm like the Mossad that can hunt down Russian generals and anyone else who is responsible for war crimes.”Putin's commanders will “spend the rest of their lives looking under their cars and checking over their shoulders” as the GUR will make their lives miserable, says Lieutenant General Ben Hodges. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 4/13/26 | Putin loses key ally as Orban ejected from power in Hungarian elections | Putin ally Viktor Orban has stepped down after losing the Hungarian election, Michael Bociurkiw, Ukraine based journalist and former diplomat discusses what it means for Ukraine, Russia and European security on Frontline. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 4/2/26 | Are Ukrainian deep strikes putting pressure on the Kremlin? | Hamish de Bretton-Gordon on how Ukrainian deep strikes are putting pressure on the Kremlin while Putin’s forces fail to advanceOlesia Horianinova, Co-Founder of The Ukrainian Security and Cooperation Center discusses Ukraine’s reforms appearing to solve the problem of recruitment in the military and a similar crisis emerging in Russia’s theatre destabilising the Kremlin's power. And Scott Lucas tells us that Putin's spring offensive has begun reports show Russia is making gains needed to make up for losses in early 2026 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
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| 3/25/26 | Putin mulls last-ditch with Kremlin reshuffle and goes underground amidst Iran threat | John Foreman | “There are people saying one of the lessons the Kremlin has reiterated to it is the strength of American air power with what happened against the Ayatollah in Tehran and what happened to Maduro in Venezuela…maybe that fed Putin’s own paranoia.”Putin’s disappearance from the political stage after Iran war ruins his last-ditch attempt to sort Russia-Ukraine negotiations, says former UK defence attache to Moscow and Kyiv John Foreman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 3/19/26 | ‘Putin is afraid’: The Russian leader avoids Kremlin as he fears for his own life | Sir Bill Browder | “These are the acts of a scared little man.”Vladimir Putin has switched off wifi access in Moscow and is avoiding the Kremlin by “hiding in a bunker somewhere” over fears to the risk to his own life, says financier and political activist Sir William Browder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 3/19/26 | Putin's War could be a mistake as casualties are rising! | Daniel Tkiie, Ukrainian news anchor and TV host, on how rising RUssian casualties are making putin’s war less and less popular among his people Scott Lucas Professor of International Politics, University College Dublin gives us insight into the American perspective of the war. And why Trump’s concession to Iran over the Straits of Hormuz hurt him, could be a big win for Putin and a big loss for the Republicans in the midterms?Diane Francis a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center tells us how the Ukrainian army has created digital killing zones and is creating a staggering amount of Russian casualties. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 3/18/26 | Putin’s full-scale war has backfired against his own people | Daniel Tkiie | “Russian territory is so large that Ukrainian drones can evade Russian air defences.”Putin’s full-scale war against Ukraine has “backfired against Russia” as Ukraine ability to produce millions of drones can stop his offensive, says Ukrainian news anchor and TV host Daniel Tkiie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 3/17/26 | Putin loses fifth member of his inner circle | Diane Francis | “This is about the fifth person in his inner circle who was about to be arrested for corruption.”Putin’s problems amount as his éminence grise, Vladislav Surkov, “suddenly disappeared”, says Kremlinologist and nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council Diane Francis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 3/12/26 | Putin’s weaknesses exposed as Russian troops are wiping each other out | Robert Fox | “The weaknesses they have shown are very serious indeed…the quality of troops and fighting spirit, despite all their deprivations, the Ukrainian side is beginning to expose what a dreadful mess the Russian units are in .”Ukraine have been taking advantage of Putin’s weaknesses on the battlefield as Russian troops turn on each other, says The Standard’s defence editor Robert Fox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 3/11/26 | Putin’s inner circle stumped by Ukraine’s drone attack ingenuity | Eliot Wilson | “In terms of ability, competence, sophistication, Ukraine is streaks ahead.”Ukraine’s ability to develop sophisticated strategies with their drone attacks on Russian oil refineries and airfields is making “Putin and his advisers think”, says former clerk in House of Commons for the defence committee Eliot Wilson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 3/10/26 | Putin cornered as Ukraine brings the fight inside Russia | Amb. Kurt Volker | “It’s bringing the fight a lot closer to the Russian military inside Russia.”Ukraine’s newly developed long-range missile packages have breached Putin’s walls and are targeting oil refineries and infrastructure inside Russia, says former US special envoy to Ukraine, Ambassador Kurt Volker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 3/6/26 | How Putin 'lost territory' in Ukraine in February as comms crisis deepens | Russia continues to lose Ukrainian territory omn the southern fronts after Starlink bans sent Russian logistics and comms into crisis says Prof. Scott Lucas on Frontline. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 3/4/26 | Putin on the back foot as Ukraine develops and upgrades cruise missiles | Matthew Savill | “Now we’re seeing Ukrainian cruise missiles come online...there’s the possibility they can get the upper hand again.”Ukraine is developing their capabilities when it comes to cruise missiles as they are more accurate, says director of military sciences at RUSI Mathew Savill. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 2/27/26 | Putin 'worried about his survival' as Russia's plan to take Donetsk collapses | Putin will be worried about his survival as talks and military offensives fail to hand the Donbas to Russia, warns John Lough from the New Eurasian Strategies centre. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 2/26/26 | Bringing Putin to his knees: Russian generals will say 'enough is enough' | Michael Bociurkiw | “Putin’s generals or his elites around him may see that enough is enough and he could be forced out.”Targeting Russia’s oil supply will bring Putin “to his knees” as it will hit the war economy where it hurts, says analyst at the Atlantic Council Michael Bociurkiw.[3:13 PM] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 2/25/26 | Putin’s Black Sea Fleet crippled by Ukraine’s drones | Diane Francis & Orysia Lutsevych on 4 years of war | “They have been able to sink the Russian navy in the Black Sea, without a navy, but with sea drones.”Russia expert Diane Francis and Chatham House’s Orysia Lutsevych discuss the last four years of the Ukraine war and how the Ukrainians have “reinvented warfare” by striking Putin’s navy and key infrastructure with it's innovative drone warfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 2/24/26 | Putin’s loosing 50,000 troops a month: Ben Hodges, Maxim Tucker & Yuriy Sak analyse 4 years of war | “Let the Russians brag about their inexorable advance all they want while Ukrainians figure out how to slaughter them to the tune of 40-50,000 a month.”Former commander of the US army in Europe General Ben Hodges, The Times’s Maxim Tucker and former advisor to the Ukrainian ministry of defence Yuriy Sak join Philip Ingram to reflect on the last four years of the Ukraine war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 2/20/26 | Putin’s regime under mounting pressure after he loses 32,000 troops in one month | Maxim Tucker | “That’s a huge figure which is, at the moment, more than Russia’s recruitment rate.”Putin could be forced into difficult decisions that could threaten his regime after Ukraine’s commander-in-chief reports that Ukraine killed 32,000 Russian troops last month alone, says The Times’s Maxim Tucker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
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18 placements across 15 markets.
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18 placements across 15 markets.