Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security

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 [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

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 [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

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 [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

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 [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

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 [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.