Baltic Security Foundation News Today

In this episode, we analyze the latest actions of the Ukrainian and Russian leadership, identifying issues and reflecting on the potential direction of the war. What's going to happen next?

EXCLUSIVE: Procrastination and infighting among EU leaders have seriously hampered Kyivs ability to defend its territory from the Russian hordes.

Russia lost more tanks than it had at the start of the war, but can regenerate from reserves for several more years, think tank warns.

Russia lost more tanks than it had at the start of the war, but can regenerate from reserves for several more years, think tank warns.

Valery Zaluzhny had a target on his back for the Ukrainian military’s failure to make more progress against the Russian last year.

"This is also an opportunity for Sweden to demonstrate its immediate value" to NATO, Ed Arnold of the U.K. think tank, RUSI, told Newsweek.

Nineteen months ago, Poland's prime minister was one of the first leaders to visit Kyiv in the early weeks of the Russian invasion, but on Thursday, the country announced it won't be sending any more weapons to Ukraine than it's already committed to in the wake of an escalating fight over grain exports. 

"A tank is a tremendous force, especially a tank like this," the Ukrainian tanker said of the British-donated Challenger 2s now rolled out in southern Ukraine.

"Each village you take is another step and you hope this results in a breakthrough," one strategic analyst told Newsweek.

There is growing anxiety in the West about the progress of Kyivs push to retake Russian-occupied territory.