Production of the DragonFire, a high power laser capable of taking out Russian drones, is to be sped up in efforts to roll out the technology by . Matthew Savill, Director of Military Sciences at RUSI, gives Times Radio a breakdown on the weapon and the impact it could have on the war in...

  

   ldquo;It rsquo;s very important pieces of military kit. Like Storm Shadow missiles, some boats and maritime artillery. This sort of stuff really counts. rdquo; Rishi Sunak promises Ukraine another million of funding which will ldquo;not make it easy for Russia rdquo; , says former UK...

   This keeps Ukraine in the war this year, where they might be able to do much better next year, they might be able to to actually achieve some of their military objectives, or throwing the Russians out. US aid is likely to blunt Putin’s push into Ukraine as Russian troop losses reach per day,...

   ldquo;For the Kremlin this is a disastrous week because they had based their current offensive on the assumption that the aid package wouldn rsquo;t go through. rdquo; Michael Clarke explains how the US billion aid package will fundamentally undermine Russia rsquo;s ldquo;reckless rdquo; ...

   ldquo;Republicans have convinced the white House, theoretically, to send, more advanced weapons to Ukraine. rdquo; ATACMS are amongst the weapons which the US could send to Ukraine if the House of Representatives vote for the billion aid deal, says, Caitlin Doornbos. Listen to Times...

   ldquo;The goal of Russia to subjugate Ukraine and to use this as a leverage against European Union. rdquo; Russia will use the Ukraine war to ldquo;destroy Nato rdquo; as Zelensky warns Ukraine rsquo;s defeat will cause World War Three, says former advisor for the minister of defence of Ukraine...

   Hamish de Bretton Gordon argues that UK troops could be fighting a ground war with Putin’s forces by November if Ukraine doesn’t prevail. Listen to Times Radio https: www.thetimes.co.uk radio Subscribe to our channel listentotimesradio Subscribe to The Times https: www...

   ldquo;The treaties have lapsed, and another nuclear arms race has been developing under noses. rdquo; Arms treaties which prevented nuclear war ldquo;for seven decades rdquo; have expired, allowing dictators like Putin to develop more advanced atomic weapons, say Tobias Ellwood and Andrii...

   ldquo;Ukrainian air forces managed to intercept out of drones in the six regions, mostly in the south. rdquo; Ukraine will destroy Russia with more ldquo;innovative weapons rdquo; after they struck down Russia drones in an attack on an energy plant near Kyiv, explains Kateryna Malofieieva...

   ldquo;Russia has designated all three groups as terrorist organisations. rdquo; Around a thousand Russians have joined groups who volunteer to fight on the Ukrainian side, explains Marc Bennetts on TimesRadio. Listen to Times Radio https: www.thetimes.co.uk radio Subscribe to our...

   Anne McElvoy, General Philip Breedlove, and Heidi Hautala discuss the future of NATO as Catherine Philp brings an important update from Ukraine. Listen to Times Radio https: www.thetimes.co.uk radio Subscribe to our channel listentotimesradio Subscribe to The Times https: www...

   Large areas of Ukraine are suffering blackouts after Russian missiles strike energy infrastructure in a ldquo;campaign of terror rdquo; in Kharkiv, explains Oleksiy Goncharenko on TimesRadio. Listen to Times Radio https: www.thetimes.co.uk radio Subscribe to our channel ...

   Even if bringing back the National Service was on the table, the British Military would not be capable of training and providing the resources for that many recruits, says Major General Tim Cross. Listen to Times Radio https: www.thetimes.co.uk radio Subscribe to our channel ...

   ldquo;Defence is about deterring adversaries, deterring President Putin. rdquo; Major General Rupert Jones tells TimesRadio that Donald Trump is right to push for Nato members to commit to defence spending, and he calls on the UK to ldquo;demonstrate leadership rdquo; wihthin the alliance. ...

   ldquo;Just seeing some of the country’s most important oil refineries on fire days before going into an election there was an atmosphere of kind of something’s not quite right here. rdquo; Putin looks weak in the run up to the ldquo;sham elections after Ukraine successfully hit Russian oil...

   ldquo;It was a wake up call. rdquo; Grant Shapps rsquo;s RAF plane was left rdquo; defenceless rsquo; after the MOD chose not to pay for protections that would have prevented Russian interference. Listen to Times Radio https: www.thetimes.co.uk radio Subscribe to our channel ...

   ldquo;He rsquo;s in complete control. rdquo; Putin is planning on installing ldquo;unpopular measures rdquo; after the election to stop people ldquo;expressing their discontent rdquo; says editor in chief of the Moscow Times, Samantha Berkhead. Listen to Times Radio https: www...

   ldquo;I wouldn rsquo;t be surprised at all if that they did know. rdquo; Retired Air Vice Marshall Sean Bell says it rsquo;s impossible to know whether Russia knew Grant Shapps was onboard an RAF aircraft it targeted. Listen to Times Radio https: www.thetimes.co.uk radio Subscribe...

   ldquo;The more successful the Ukrainian military is on the ground, hitting targets in Crimea and Donbas, which Putin considers part of Russia, the more likely he is to resort to nuclear weapons. rdquo; ldquo;Brutal dictator rdquo; Putin could resort to nuclear weapons to end the Ukraine war,...

   ldquo;We are ready for negotiations. Choose a place. Choose a time. We are ready. rdquo; Putin is prepared for peace with Ukraine, says MP for Putin rsquo;s United Russia Party Evgeny Popov on TimesRadio. Listen to Times Radio https: www.thetimes.co.uk radio Subscribe to our...

   ldquo;I think he is worried. rdquo; Despite frequent threats of nuclear war, Putin is ldquo;concerned rdquo; about a potential war with NATO, says Admiral Lord West. Listen to Times Radio https: www.thetimes.co.uk radio Subscribe to our channel listentotimesradio ...

   ldquo;He needs to be fairly bullish to try and shore up his standing at home. rdquo; Putin has responded by Russian separatist attacks on border regions with a nuclear threat, says Lord Richard Dannatt, former head of the British Army. Listen to Times Radio https: www.thetimes.co.uk...

   Russian Anti Kremlin militias launching attacks across the Russian border are unlikely to destabilise Putin’s regime but they will be a major concern for Russia’s border defences, Elisabeth Braw tells timesradio Listen to Times Radio https: www.thetimes.co.uk radio Subscribe to...

   ldquo;It is embarrassing for Putin in the week of Putin . rsquo;s coronation. rdquo; However, the cross border attacks won rsquo;t have any operational significance in the war in Ukraine, says Major General Chip Chapman. Listen to Times Radio https: www.thetimes.co.uk radio ...

   ldquo;This is a clear indication that Russia has known all along that they had limitations on their conventional capabilities. rdquo; The leaked Russian military documents outlining the Kremlin rsquo;s plans to use tactical nuclear weapons are a sign of Putin rsquo;s weakness, says General...

   ldquo;We need a strong Nato. The stronger Nato is, the greater the chances that Russia will do nothing against any of Nato rsquo;s members. rdquo; Nato has become ldquo;more realistic rdquo; about the threat from Russia than ever before, says Colonel Brendan Kearney, military affairs analyst...

   ldquo;Navalny was envied by Putin. Navalny is everything that Putin is not. rdquo; Pussy Riot rsquo;s Nadya Tolokonnikova slams a weak and jealous Putin as she reveals the reality of being one of his political prisoners in exile and shares accounts of her friend Navalny. Listen to Times...

   ldquo;This is a late s moment, and if we don rsquo;t react to it, we rsquo;re doomed not to learn the lessons of history. rdquo; Lord Dannatt warns the UK government and our NATO allies to take the threat of Putin seriously. Listen to Times Radio https: www.thetimes.co.uk radio ...

   ldquo;We can rsquo;t have a dictator marching across Europe again. rdquo; UK defence secretary Grant Shapps celebrates the UK rsquo;s support of the Ukrainian army rsquo;s war effort and their successes in the Black Sea. Listen to Times Radio https: www.thetimes.co.uk radio Subscribe...

   ldquo;We rsquo;ve seen them using both cruise missiles and their storming sea drones to attack vessels both in dock and at sea. That has forced Russia to move its vessels east. rdquo; Ukraine’s ldquo;standout success rdquo; has been in the Black Sea, says The Sun rsquo;s defence editor Jerome...

   ldquo;That is a real strategic game because if you enter into the battle space, these F s and you can create a sizable air force now out of these really capable fighter jets. rdquo; Reports that the Ukraine army has shot down a Russian A could create ldquo;another window rdquo; of...

   ldquo;We are discussing better, more just rules that will allow people fighting at the front to have some rotation. rdquo; Ukrainian parties are proposing a mobilisation bill to their parliament two years after the start of the Ukraine Russia war, says Kira Rudik. Listen to Times Radio ...

   ldquo;Crimea is not sustainable in just the kind of control Putin had. He needed access to water. Crimea needs logistical lines. rdquo; Ukraine rsquo;s security has been undermined since Russia annexed Crimea ten years ago, says Orysia Lutsevych from Chatham House. Listen to Times Radio ...

   We have to get these people on flights to see this place. Donald Trump should visit the front lines in Ukraine before deciding if he will cut funding to Kyiv says Caitlin Doornbos, Washington, D.C. reporter for the New York Post. Listen to Times Radio https: www.thetimes.co.uk radio ...

   Putin will end up ldquo;regretting rdquo; an arms race in space, says Jeffrey Pryce, former special counsel to the US department of defence. Listen to Times Radio https: www.thetimes.co.uk radio Subscribe to our channel listentotimesradio Subscribe to The Times https: www...

   ldquo;We showed our ability to target Russian ships and submarines and other military assets on the Crimean Peninsula. rdquo; Ukraine makes progress in their counteroffensive by targeting Russian warships but still needs aid from the West to fight Russia, says former advisor for the minister of...

   ldquo;I think the region, the Baltics especially, are feeling the pressure. rdquo; Eastern Europe is bracing itself for potential conflict in the region, says Peter Zwack. Listen to Times Radio https: www.thetimes.co.uk radio Subscribe to our channel listentotimesradio ...

   ldquo;If Russia prevails here, I think it casts a high degree of uncertainty for the rest of Europe here as we move forward. rdquo; It is ldquo;necessary rdquo; for the US to provide support for Ukraine as the US vote in favour of a package of international aid to both Israel and Ukraine says...

   ldquo;This is a lovely example of an asymmetrical approach, which is probably the key approach to destroy the Russian army, protect Ukraine and obtain victory. rdquo; A ldquo;cheap rdquo; Ukrainian sea drone has destroyed a Russian warship off the coast of Crimea, explains Illarion Pavliuk, a...

   General Oleksandr Syrsky has been appointed to replace Valery Zaluzhny as head of Ukraine’s armed forces, Defence Analyst Michael Clarke gave his reaction as the news broke. Listen to Times Radio https: www.thetimes.co.uk radio Subscribe to our channel listentotimesradio ...

   ldquo;The reason we got involved in the Second World War is that there was a failure to rearm in the s. rdquo; Lord Dannatt compares Britain today to Britain in the s in the run up to World War II, with a dictator in Europe and a shortage of arms. Listen to Times Radio https: www...

   ldquo;Putin is a pathetic warrior. rdquo; Russia is not in a ldquo;good situation militarily or economically rdquo; as they have lost almost ldquo;all of their soldiers and per cent of their tanks rdquo; from their original invasion, says Bill Browder on TimesRadio. Listen to Times...

   ldquo;We rsquo;ve got two to three years before Russia has a go at Nato rsquo;s borders. rdquo; Nato must demonstrate military capability to defeat Russia or ldquo;instability will run rampant across the globe rdquo; , says former Nato deputy supreme allied commander Europe Richard Shirreff. ...

   ldquo;If you run out of bullets by the end of the week, you rsquo;re not capable of fighting a real war. rdquo; A show of strength from NATO isn rsquo;t the same thing as the alliance being capable of fighting Putin, says Ed Stringer, retired RAF Air Marshall. Listen to Times Radio https...

   There’s a premium on them. Ukranian drone pilots have taken out hundreds of Russian army vehicles making them high value targets, Maxim Tucker tells Frontline on TimesRadio. Listen to Times Radio https: www.thetimes.co.uk radio Subscribe to our channel listentotimesradio ...

   ldquo;You can use one drone to do what it would take a mortar squad an hour and rounds to achieve. rdquo; Ukrainian First Person View FPV drones are disrupting Russian tactics by ldquo;destroying hundreds of vehicles , Maxim Tucker tells Frontline on TimesRadio. Listen to Times Radio ...

   ldquo;Russia is able to conscript people that are not really trainable or able to fight well because they’re using people as battlefield meat. rdquo; Russia is employing an ldquo;old Soviet way rdquo; of fighting the war with Ukraine which includes leaving soldiers on the battlefield to their...

   ldquo;There rsquo;s a concern that Turkey rsquo;s ambiguity in this might be encouraging Russia rather than deterring them. rdquo; Blocking British minehunters destined for Ukraine could lead to NATO going to war with Russia, says Hamish de Bretton Gordon on Frontline for TimesRadio. Listen...

   ldquo;Ukraine is at this stage of the war where it’s starting to struggle to recruit. rdquo; Ukraine has a long history of female sharpshooters dating back to the Second World War. As Ukraine struggles to match Russia rsquo;s recruitment efforts, Times political correspondent George Grylls says...