We should have hugged Putin closer." Lord Robertson, former General Secretary of NATO, tells Carole Walker we are 'living the consequences' of politicians previously being uninterested in working with the Russians.

"We have the rights to counterattack on all of our territory, including Crimea, and push back Russian forces." Lesia Vasylenko says Ukraine aims to retake Crimea from Russia but cannot confirm who is attacking Putin's bases there.

"A country of 44 million has fought a superpower to a standstill. That's a significant achievement. The Russians are looking for something to call a success and they're coming up empty."

"Ukrainians are targeting Russian ammunition depots, air bases and various command and control centres, they're being targeted, hit and destroyed." Mariana Budjeryn discusses the spate of attacks on Russian occupied Ukraine and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear pl...

The Ukrainians are getting ready to mount this counteroffensive and it'll come and it'll be very bloody, very tough when it does." Lord Dannatt says Ukrainian soldiers being trained in the UK will play a key role in the showdown with Putin's forces in Khe...

“It’s a little bit of nuclear blackmail because what they're really after is to redirect all the electricity that this power plant generates towards Crimea.” Lieutenant Ben Hodges suggests on #TimesRadio that Putin wants Zaporizhzhia’s nuclear power plan...

"This is the biggest and the hardest Russian losses in fighters since the Second World War." People's Deputy of Ukraine Oleksiy Honcharenko says the two attacks on Russian bases in Crimea are devastating for Putin's forces. ---

"It's a devastating effect in terms of the material losses of human losses to Russian military but also it's a huge blow and morale." Illia Ponomarenko, Defense reporter with The Kyiv Independent, says Ukraine may have used drones to strike a Russian airb...

"Suddenly Ukraine possesses the offensive power to hit anywhere they want in Crimea."Major General Chip Chapman describes the Ukrainian attack on Saki air base as ‘frightening’ for the Russians on #TimesRadio.

A strategic defeat for Russia is cataclysmic for Putin's hold on power in Russia." Russia "will be tempted to reach for the small nuclear weapons" if it senses it's lost the war in Ukraine, says General Sir Richard Barrons.

"It's absolutely key to Putin's plans that he retains hold of Kherson because of its location and its crucial role in providing logistics down through to Crimea." Defence specialist Michael Evans says next week's battle for Kherson will be "a crucial time...

On the hottest day in British weather history Stig Abell sat down to speak with Peter Zeihan. Peter Zeihan argues that we are heading towards a period of deglobalisation, with ensuing chaos and disaster. In his book, The End of the World is Just the Begin...

"They are really scratching around for people and pulling in new battalions of volunteers who have no more than 30 days military training. That's a clear sign of running out of places to find people." General Sir Richard Barrons, former commander of the j...

"I think for the General to say to his chaps, you must think about the fact you might have to fight the Russians, is alright." Lord West, former First Sea Lord reacts to British Soldiers being told they might have to fight Russians.