"NATO has to be faster" in putting forward a clear response to Putin's illegal annexation of regions in Eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian Diplomat Solomiia Bobrovska tells

You cannot fight a war through coercion of a local population." Russian men in their 60s are being sent out to fight in Ukraine, says Scott Lucas, professor of International Politics.

"We’re not going to see a swift end to this conflict in Ukraine unless something happens in Moscow, for instance, he’s removed by his own people." The only way to stop the conflict is for ‘something to happen in Moscow’, journalist Askold Krushelnycky tel...

"I cannot sympathise. I could have if these Russians who are now fleeing would have come out on the streets and said no to war. But they chose to stay quiet." Russians who are now fleeing conscription ‘should have fought better’ against the invasion of Uk...

"Ukraine has not received any one Western tank. If we received this, we would finish everything before the winter." Ukraine could win the war 'before winter' if the West sends a tank, Ukrainian MP Oleksiy

"Now I think his worst fears are coming true...this is not going to work out well for him on the front lines".Conscript "cannon fodder" is not going to save Putin's army from defeat in Ukraine, Natia Seskuria and General Philip Breedlove tell #TimesRadio.

"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.

“It’s a grassroots resistance we’re seeing. This could easily grow into a wider movement.” A Russian military enlistment officer was shot and hospitalised in Siberia. Is this the start of a rebellion against Putin’s conscription? The Moscow Times editor...

Russia's holding referendums in occupied areas of Ukraine because "it's strategic for Putin from a military perspective." Chip Chapman says the votes, described as 'illegitimate' by world leaders, will allow Putin to conscript Ukrainian troops.

Mahsa Amini's death showed "that under an oppressive regime, even if you're going about your daily business, you can be a target." These protests 'feel different' from previous demonstrations, says Aghileh Djafari Marbini , who helped organise the protest...

"It’s a zugzwang in chess. When every move you do, you’re getting into a worse position on the chessboard. In Ukraine, we are prepared for that." Is this the beginning of the end for Putin? #TimesRadio asks former Ukrainian diplomat Alexander Khara.

"The invasion of Ukraine was a huge blunder for him [Putin] personally, but for Russia, Ukraine and the rest of the world as well." Putin would “lose the support of his closest friends, India and China” if he uses nuclear weapons, director-general of RUSI...

"The world has to impose serious sanctions against the regime at this crucial juncture."The Iranian resistance are protesting against Iran’s “repressive” regime and are calling for the world to put sanctions in place, Shahin Gobadi (@gobadi) tells

"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...

Russia's escalation, "can't change the outcome of the war, but prolong it." Referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine are a 'desperate gesture from Putin' says Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko