What’s gone on in Ukraine, as far as most Russians are concerned, has been somebody else’s problem. But now mass mobilisation is everybody’s problem." Putin’s mobilisation is ‘backfiring’ on him and will see ‘more Russians getting killed’, Lord Richard Da...

"The front line is now a thousand kilometres long, they don't have enough men to manage it." Russia will use conscripts to plug gaps in Ukraine but they're unlikely to be well trained, Defence Journalist Tim Ripley tells #TimesRadio.

Protests against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s partial mobilisation order continue across Russia. According to the independent monitoring group OVD-Info, Russia has reportedly detained 2,000 people across the country. Hundreds of demonstrators gather...

Russia has again cited NATO's eastward expansion to justify President Vladimir Putin's partial mobilization announcement. In this episode of DeCode, Zakka Jacob looks at the nature of the Western military alliance, along with the all-important question: W...

"What this really shows is that Putin has reluctantly come to realize that it's not just that he's not winning the war in Ukraine, there's a real possibility that he might lose it." Putin 'didn't think through' the decision to send 300,000 reservists to t...