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Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security
Putin’s inner circle stumped by Ukraine’s drone attack ingenuity | Eliot Wilson
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“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.
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18:50|“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.Putin 'worried about his survival' as Russia's plan to take Donetsk collapses
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