“They believe Russia has lost 350,00 casualties this years so far, and they are currently losing 1008 a day.”

Ukraine is eliminating Russian troops in Pokrovsk despite Putin’s propaganda trying to spin the opposite, says former British Army Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon.

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“When people raise objections to this, within the military, they are sent on what is in effect a suicide mission.”

Putin’s officers are engaged in “massive corruption”, diverting resources to the Russian army, but anyone who speaks out is eliminated, says former director of operations and intelligence for the British Secret Intelligence Service Nigel Inkster.

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“The fact that Russian economy relies of rent payments and internal corruption that comes form oil and gas industries will have an impact on the system.”

Pressures are piling up on Putin after Ukraine’s large scale attack hits 22 out of 38 large oil refineries, explains Chatham Houses’ Orysia Lutsevych. 

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“Russia is no more than a gas station with nukes masquerading as a country. If you get rid of the gas station part…there is a potential way of imploding the Russian economy.”

Russia may have to “live like North Korea for five years” as Europe and America turn their full attention to helping Ukraine, says Major General Chip Chapman.

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"Not to completely gainsay that this thing has any utility, but it feels to some a little bit like a vanity project."

Putin's nuclear powered missile test has done little to deter Ukraine's allies as questions remain about why Russia would want to launch a missile with a nuclear reactor on board, says Matthew Savill on Frontline for Times Radio.

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Putin is still "paranoid" about his meeting with Trump as he has "nothing to offer" the US president despite wanting control over Ukraine, and other former soviet territories, says The Times's Michael Binyon on Frontline.

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As Russia struggles to find ways to move armour and equipment forward Ukraine begins retaking settlements in the wake of Russia's failure to seize Pokrovsk, says The Institute for the Study of War's George Barros on Frontline.

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