Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global Security

“It's that which might give this sort of leverage in bringing Putin to negotiations.” As Ukraine’s deep battle continues to be successful with their attacks on oil refineries the societal and political pressures inside of Russia could bring Putin to the negotiation table, says former Major General Chip Chapman.

“Unless we get a quick settlement out of these talks, which I don’t think will happen, bring on 2027 because you have a changed domestic situation in the United States, and if Ukraine can survive the winter, it’s then even more pressure on the Russians.”The US midterm results suggest that Trump’s ties to Putin will weaken, meaning that Ukraine could have a more successful 2027, says Professor Scott Lucas.

As part of Times Radio's partnership with the Magnitsky Awards, Kate Gerbeau speaks with Estonian parliamentarian & former intelligence boss Eerik-Niiles Kross.

“If you go from a force of 200,000 to 350,000 and you’re being attacked in the rear, you can’t sustain it.” Putin’s forces face a “major reorganisation” as Ukraine inflicts more casualties than the Russians can replace, says Robert Fox, defence editor at the Standard.

“I think forensics could indicate where this has come from.”Bomb threats made against European flights could have “the fingerprints of Russia all over them”, says Michael Bociurkiw, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and the founder of the World Briefing report on Substack.

“He thought the whole system would fold over and collapse much quicker … the fight put up by the stoic regiments and special forces decimated the Russians.” Putin’s intelligence failed as Ukrainian forces’ “uncrewed revolution” enabled them to put up a stronger fight than he expected during his “special military operation”, says Al Carns, a former Armed Forces minister and Labour MP who fought in Afghanistan.

“They can’t keep up with that rate of loss. So they’re recruiting fewer than they are losing.”Putin cannot sustain Russia’s heavy losses after Ukrainian forces retook all its 2026 territorial gains, in some cases using only robots, says former ambassador Kurt Volker.

Filmmaker and charity founder Pritan Ambroase joins Amy Kellogg to reveal the terrifying campaign of intimidation, harassment, and violence he has faced since working on his upcoming documentary, Can I Go Home Now? Ambroase also opens up about the devastating psychological toll of interviewing over 500 Ukrainian children, sharing harrowing accounts of kidnappings, deportations, and war crimes that he says reveal a "deeper, uglier definition" of cruelty.