Update #7 on the War in Ukraine (with Fred Kagan)

The Eastern Front welcomes back special guest and friend, Fred Kagan, Senior Fellow and Director of the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute, for another update on the war in Ukraine and discussion, specifically, on the military balance in Ukraine. Fred explains how the Russian military's short-lived "operational pause" reveals many of its weaknesses. Yet he underscores that we should not expect the war to end until Vladimir Putin has conquered Ukraine; Putin is replaced by a Russian president with different ideology; or the West sufficiently supports Ukraine to where it can end the war on its terms. Fred also dives into details about both the equipment and composition of Russian forces and the state of current Russian capabilities; the role of Western weapons in Ukrainian defenses; and he thinks through what the anticipated Ukrainian counter offensive might look like.Show notes: https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/ukraine-conflict-updates

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Ensuring the balance of power in Europe has, since the inception of our republic, been a core security interest for the US. Today, and for the entire post-Cold War period, the challenges to the European peace have emerged along the line running roughly from the Baltic to the Black Sea. This is what we call the Eastern Front. Our goal in this podcast is to better inform the American people about what’s going on there. Join us, Iulia Joja and Dalibor Rohac every week on in our discussions on what’s next for “The Eastern Front.”