The podcast

Russia is learning faster than you think

The most sophisticated assault of the war so far, armour being lost to drones, and Ukraine’s new commander.

Rob Lee · Dima Putiata

Inside GUR’s International Legion

An elite commander on rat tactics, the eighty-percent drone war, and where special operations go next.

A GUR special forces commander, anonymised

The British Marine who defended Mariupol

Two Marines, one siege, and what came after it.

Shaun Pinner · Ievgen Malik

The generals nobody can fire

E-points, busification, and an army’s systemic crisis. Part two of the Fedorov panel.

The week that shook Kyiv

Zelensky fires his defence minister, and soldiers say what they think of it. Part one.

Rob Lee · Ryan O’Leary · Dmytro Putiata

Out of 650, only 20 came home

Mordovia, and what Russian captivity does to a man. Part two.

Ievgen Malik

Captivity is ten times worse than Mariupol

The fall of the city, and the descent that followed it. Part one.

Ievgen Malik

The making of a Marine

Poltava, the decision to fight, and the last stand at Mariupol.

Ievgen Malik

The battalion that changed the maths

A UAV battalion commander on drone doctrine, and what it does to a frontline sector.

Colonel “Shram” Tovstyi, UAV Battalion Corsair

Back from the front

Corps reform, deep strike, and the gap Ukraine has been closing.

The kill zone

Drone warfare, brigade autonomy, and what is left of manoeuvre.

Rob Lee · Dmytro Putiata

Why history wins wars

Blitzkrieg and mission command, and why the doctrine still decides things.

Lt. Gen. Zabrodskyi

Russia’s next move

Infiltration tactics and electronic-warfare adaptation, from the front line as it is.

Rob Lee · Dmytro Putiata

Why Ukraine’s military history matters

Where the series starts, and why the past is the most practical thing on the battlefield.

Rob Lee