Episodes

  • Putin knows his days are numbered | John Lough

    Putin knows his days are numbered | John Lough
    Sep 25 2025

    “There are signs that Putin and co recognise that their days in power are probably numbered.”


    Putin is preparing for his, and other elderly colleagues, “departure” as he appoints family members into the Kremlin to eradicate disloyalty in his government, says head of Foreign Policy at the New Eurasian Strategies Centre John Lough.

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    33 mins
  • Putin under threat as Trump’s call to shoot down Russian jets could trigger a Nato strike | Edward Lucas

    Putin under threat as Trump’s call to shoot down Russian jets could trigger a Nato strike | Edward Lucas
    Sep 24 2025

    “That is, if not a game changer, it’s an eye opener.”


    Trump’s change in tack to support Ukraine is significant as his calls to shoot dow Russian aircrafts it could bolster Nato to attack Putin, says The Times’s writer and security specialist Edward Lucas.

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    27 mins
  • Pro-Kremlin media issues warnings on Putin's failure to secure oil supplies from Ukrainian strikes

    Pro-Kremlin media issues warnings on Putin's failure to secure oil supplies from Ukrainian strikes
    Sep 23 2025
    Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil refineries are close to causing shortages in major cities like Moscow, warns Michael Bociurkiw on Frontline.

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    23 mins
  • Belarus is on the brink of collapse | Sean Bell

    Belarus is on the brink of collapse | Sean Bell
    Sep 16 2025
    On today’s episode of Frontline, Sean Bell speaks to Philip Ingram about Russia’s incursion into Poland, recent military exercises into Belarus and the significance of the Battle of Britain.

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    37 mins
  • Trump terrified of Putin, leaving Poland's future in the hands of Europe | Frontline

    Trump terrified of Putin, leaving Poland's future in the hands of Europe | Frontline
    Sep 12 2025
    Timothy Ash joins Kate Gerbeau on today's episode of Frontline

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    34 mins
  • Putin’s people are about to be wiped out from within | Robert Fox

    Putin’s people are about to be wiped out from within | Robert Fox
    Sep 10 2025

    “He secretly sees a very, very unhealthy population to the extent of disgusting things.”


    Russians are being wiped out from within as Putin’s regime’s relaxed approach to disease is “bound to hit”, says the Evening Standard’s defence editor Robert Fox.

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    24 mins
  • Putin’s empire unravels as Russia fails to hold territory | Hamish de Bretton-Gordon

    Putin’s empire unravels as Russia fails to hold territory | Hamish de Bretton-Gordon
    Sep 9 2025

    “Whenever they have punched through a couple of kilometres, they’ve lost it almost straight away.”


    Putin doesn’t have any more power than to "hang on" as his military proves incapable of holding territory, says former British Army officer Hamish de Bretton-Gordon.

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    26 mins
  • Trump must back Putin into a corner by blunting gains on the ground | Fiona Hill

    Trump must back Putin into a corner by blunting gains on the ground | Fiona Hill
    Sep 4 2025

    “What the United States needs to do is blunt Russia’s ability to take more territory on the ground.”


    If Putin feels he is out of all options on the ground, then he will be forced to the negations table, says former deputy assistant to Trump Dr Fiona Hill.

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    32 mins