Mark Owen is pleased to welcome Melinda Haring, expert on Ukraine, non-resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center and Senior Advisor to Razom Advocacy's advisory board. According to Haring, the psychological and military balance between Russia and Ukraine is shifting. Her central argument, in the lead-up to Russia's May 9 Victory Day celebrations, is that the Kremlin's increasingly defensive posture reveals a profound shift in the war: "Vladimir Putin is finally afraid".
Putin's 'paranoia': 'He's fearful of Ukrainians & afraid the elite around him is starting to break'
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Mon 07:29 - Gazeta Wyborcza (PL)
Ukraine attacks Primorsk and the Russian shadow fleet. The drone hit a building a few kilometers from the Kremlin
Tue 05:15 - Rzeczpospolita (PL)
During the night, the Ukrainians attacked Russia intensively. Drones near Moscow
Tue 05:15 - Rzeczpospolita (PL)
During the night, the Ukrainians attacked Russia intensively. Cheboksary targeted by missile attack
Tue 12:54 - Rzeczpospolita (PL)
"Deep Strike" in Russia. Volodymyr Zelensky: these are our far-reaching sanctions
Wed 13:30 - Gazeta Wyborcza (PL)
Russia kills Ukrainians and demands a ceasefire on May 9. Zelensky: "It's pure cynicism"
Thu 05:58 - Gazeta Wyborcza (PL)
Moscow calls on foreigners to evacuate from Kiev before May 9
Fri 03:51 - Rzeczpospolita (PL)
Ukrainian drones attack Moscow, Russian refinery burns. Kim Jong Un is scaring Seoul
Fri 04:01 - NYT Europe
Many Russians in No Mood for Celebration on Kremlin’s Biggest Day of the Year
Fri 07:30 - TVN24 (PL)
Drone attacks in Russia. Zelensky: the target was a key refinery