Why Putin’s strategy has failed on the ground

As the Kremlin rushes to counter media and conscripts’ disquiet over Kursk losses, Putin’s push on Pokrovsk continues to drive up Russian troop and equipment losses. This week’s Frontline experts give their analysis on the latest out of Ukraine and Russia.

Michael Clarke, Defence Analyst
The Times’ Catherine Philp
Philip Ingram, Military Intelligence Expert
Ian Garner, Professor at the Pilecki Institute in Warsaw
Brig. Gen. Peter Zwack (Ret.), Former US defence attache to Russia

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41 comments

  3. "'mass surrender' of conscripts"?
    Really, any reliable source for that?
    Anyway, Putler could hardly care less. And consider it a side benefit, since Ukraine has to handle those PoWs.
    Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦

  5. Putin would not Overextended because he knew very well of the risk. He will keep on to his war of Attrition and not war of maneuver as when he started this SMO. It works well until now and no reason for him to change it.

  8. Humm so the Kursk salient is about to be overrun by Russian troops , and Russia is advancing on almost all fronts and yet this is the story ? Maybe tell the truth and give the propaganda a rest , you know the internet exists right ?

  13. Over twenty thousand deserters from the Ukrainians in the last eight months. So roughly 800 per week on average for Ukraine and they got a few hundred Russian conscripts in a few weeks. I no expert but someone's math doesn't add up for who is losing more troops from desertion and who's in trouble 😂

  14. I think the Ukranian unified strategy is to cause Russian losses as efficiently as they can. Russia can pretend as long as it likes that it has infinite fodder, but they do not.

  19. This man is talking dangerous nonsense. The Ukrainian forces involved in Kursk are being wiped out, their equipment destroyed and with little hope of getting back to Ukrainian territory. in the main frontlines, Russian forces are driving the Ukrainians back in most areas. Unless diplomacy is brought to bear, Ukraine's days are numbered.

  23. The unprofessional audio and stuttering speech (um, um, eh, eh urgh urgh etc) of some of these guests makes it quite unpleasant. Is this a long-term effect of the covid kockdowns?

  32. Idiot Putin has no idea what echoes of war he has leashed on the Russian nation. When leaders are rotten to the core it will be the Russian people that will ultimately pay the price for his ill advised folly into Ukraine for to come. The Russian people will live with the echoes of war.

  34. As a Ukrainian who DID NOT vote for Zelenskyy, I claim and ask you to listen:
    STOP TALKING ABOUT ELECTIONS.
    during ongoing war elections are against our constitution and cannot be organized since many soldiers, who earn the right to vote more than anyone else will not be able to do so from the trenches! And this is even if we forget about their right to be elected.

  39. We in NATO need to send our troops to back Ukraine up! and ofc we need to send more ammunition firstly and other military items. but we need as the French say also, we need to literally send in troops to back them up to push Russia out. Even tho Ukraines last operation into Russia have shaken Russia, Putin seams to be holding on, sure just by a thin thread, but still holding on, and we need to help Ukraine to nudge this over. As i see it, West is making the same mistake as west did then WW2 started.. Why do the same mistake twice within 100 years?

  40. 10:32 this show how little western people and women understand about Russia, its not that they need to be "talked in to do it" they will be shot IF they dont do it. The lack of knowledge about Russia and Russian mindset and "culture" is frustrating AF. Western people and leaders are naive and weak. Even tho i am thankful for them standing solid together against Putin. but that´s the only thing they are doing properly.

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