On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses and the Center for a New American Security discusses Russia’s war on Ukraine including Kyiv’s gains as Moscow annexed four occupied Ukraine provinces, criticism of Vladimir Putin’s handling of the war including from the president’s close allies, and how Russia is using Iranian drones; and Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners discusses implications of Russian use of nuclear weapons in the Ukraine conflict, Moscow’s attacks on the Nord Stream pipelines, seven questions he wants to answered at the Association of the United States Army’s conference and tradeshow next week, and a look at the week ahead with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.