"What Putin has done is on a different scale... it was appropriate to tell him to stay away." Sir Kim Darroch talks to Ayesha Hazarika about who will be at the Queen's funeral tomorrow and who hasn't been invited.

“The Queen’s funeral tomorrow marks the end of the post-war era.” Sir Nicholas Soames anticipates the enormity of tomorrow’s ceremony, the first full state funeral since that of his grandfather Sir Winston Churchill, speaking to Calum Macdonald on #TimesR...

“The whole world must understand that Russia is to blame for this war” After a mass grave was found in the Ukrainian city of Izyum, Youth Delegate to the UN Denys Ghanza tells #TimesRadio that Ukrainians are now “not afraid of anything”.

"To cross the nuclear threshold, even with a small nuclear weapon, I think would turn even China against President Putin and Russia." China and Ukrainian tactics have made Russia's nuclear arsenal impotent, Defence Analyst Michael Clarke tells Times Radio...

“An increasingly lonely man, finding out that his quest for glory is going to end in a crumbling defeat.” Professor Scott Lucas, from the Clinton Institute at University College Dublin, says Russia is now in a phase where it’s looking to “avoid losing” ra...

"Putin could say we will use the Syrian Playbook, which is what we’ve seen in the last few days, to break this will of the Ukrainian people."Putin is using the ‘Syrian Playbook’ by launching ‘systematic attacks’ on hospitals and schools, Major General Chi...

"What we’re seeing is a shift in the balance of power. Russia was the security guarantor and China was the investor, but, Russia is no longer able to provide that, so we’re seeing China fill that vacuum."Putin nervous that China will take his power? Forme...

"Ukraine will win because now we are keeping the initiative and we do understand what we're doing."Not even a tactical nuclear weapon strike would stop Ukraine from winning says Ukraine's Former Defence Minister Alina Frovola.

"It is not the Chinese position" that Russia invaded Ukraine. Putin and Xi are meeting today in Uzbekistan, marking the Chinese leader's first trip abroad since 2020, where they plan to discuss the war in Ukraine and Taiwan.

"How would you strike a negotiation deal with Hitler, for example?" Ukraine engaging in negotiations with Russia would 'reward Russia' and 'reinforce' their strategy of committing 'war crimes, genocidal and terrorist acts' says former Ukrainian Defence...

"Compare the picture we saw today of President Zelensky in Izyum, surrounded by soldiers... to the guy who is who has never been near his troops since 2014, except on a victory day parade and stays at the end of a long table from even his closest advisers...

"This all points to a collapse of Russia. All sorts of other other peripheral actions in the Russian zone of influence will be curtailed as a consequence of Ukraine." Putin's failures in Ukraine could cause the breakup of Russia's alliances says Richard...

"We have seen even the state propaganda admitting that things are not going right." Russian media is saying that ‘the Ukrainian army is really strong’ and ‘we have not done our work well’, Russian expert Katia Glod (@eglod_katia) tells #TimesRadio.

"What does he [Putin] do next? One option is to double down on using conventional firepower, and that is something to fear." How will Putin react to Ukraine regaining land? Nuclear weapons, mobilisations, and more firepower is among the options, Major Gen...

“The Russians still have a huge amount of territory in the south and east." What the Ukrainians have taken "is only a very small proportion" of the land held by Russia. Is there a risk of Ukraine becoming complacent after their counteroffensive success so...