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"Russia will be in this full scale war fully. And this is this is something what we have not seen yet."For Russia to launch a ground offensive in the new yea...

"It's absolutely clear now, Russia is planning for the major offensive." It's time for the West to supply more ammunition and weaponry to Ukraine ahead of the offensive, says Robert Fox, the Evening Standard's defence editor.

"Ukrainian authorities promised there will be a counter-offensive operation planned for spring for the liberation of Crimea" Ukraine has destroyed a Wagner group base in Lugansk, says Kateryna Malofieieva, freelance journalist in Ukraine.

"I wouldn't bet on Putin's attrition having much effect". Putin has been forced to wage a war of attrition and hasn't 'reaped the rewards', Major General Rupert Jones tells #timesradio .

In the mean time, the US aims to produce enough artillery to support Ukraine for the next three to four years, explains Major General Chip Chapman, former senior British Military Advisor.

"An attack on one, is an attack on all. That’s the basis of Nato."A Russian rocket landing in Poland is “an attack on all”, Major General Rupert Jones tells ...

"Things are falling apart very badly for the Russians. But we should not get too optimistic." Russia still has “a lot” of firepower and Ukraine should not get "carried away", former army officer Sir Simon Mayall tells #TimesRadio.

"I don't think you should ever underestimate Russia. History shows that Russia comes back time and time again." Defence secretary Ben Wallace says Russia has failed their objectives, but warns against underestimating Russia on #TimesRadio.

“The colder it is this winter, the better it will be for Putin.” Ukrainians are “praying for a mild winter” because they know their electricity generating capacity is being blocked by Russia, The Times Ukraine correspondent Askold Kruschelnycky tells #Tim...

"I believe that Ukraine will have liberated Crimea by the summer and I believe that because we've talked about who has the superior will? The Ukrainian soldiers and Ukrainian people." Putin is set to lose everything he has gained since 2014, General Ben H...

"We should pay attention to what Russia says, not because it's true, but because of what it might herald next." Britain 'shouldn't be surprised' if it has a 'difficult time' in cyberspace or energy in the coming months, says General Sir Richard Barrons, f...

"Western policy is for this to end in a way that it actually has finished rather than just provided Putin with some kind of frozen conflict." Putin will not stop until "he is fought to a standstill", former MI6 chief Alex Younger tells #TimesRadio.

"Ukrainians never had a tsar, king or royal family. They were free until 1654."Ukrainians value their freedom over stability, which Russia cannot understand, says Andrey Kurkov. Andrey was in Kyiv as Russia's invasion began, but got word that he was on a...

"There may come a politically sensitive moment when we admit that we are supplying Ukraine with these missiles, because the Russians will say it's a gross escalation. Well, it isn't." The US could be secretly giving Ukraine heavy long range ATACMS missile...