
July 31, 2023
Putin 'needs to feel vulnerable to attacks from Ukraine'
"This offensive is beginning to really get some traction now because they've been able to to really get at the Russian artillery...that's been thinned out by Ukraine."
Putin will be 'looking over his shoulder' as Ukrainian attacks around Bakhmut and strikes on Moscow will weaken his position in the Kremlin, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy Jim Townsend tells #timesradio.
Watch the full interview from Times Radio.
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