🇺🇦 Where Russia’s War Went Wrong

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🗓️ 13 March 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Two weeks into Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, and things aren’t going to plan. Kyiv is still yet to fall, and Russian troops have failed to make substantial progress against fierce Ukrainian resistance. Defence analyst and military historian Dr Peter Caddick-Adams joins Arthur Snell to pinpoint where Russia’s shameful war went wrong… and what could happen next. We're putting out irregular war bulletins covering different aspects of the Ukraine crisis. Help our work, and shape the next full series of Doomsday Watch, by supporting us on Patreon. Resources to help the Ukrainian people can be found here: https://ukrainewar.carrd.co/ “Russia still has conscription, and we in the west don’t understand how badly conscripts are treated.” “Zelensky has become Churchill. His words and the way he delivers them have a real sense of validity.” “Standing up to Putin is like standing up to Josef Stalin. It’s simply not an option.” “While Russia wants to control Ukraine, it doesn’t want to occupy it. Their army is nowhere near big enough.” “The more Putin pulls off his gloves, the more the world is turns back to 1989.” “This is a war where history is really relevant. There are parallels with city battles from World War 2.” DOOMSDAY WATCH was written and presented by Arthur Snell, and produced by Robin Leeburn with Jacob Archbold. Theme tune and original music by Paul Hartnoll. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. DOOMSDAY WATCH is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Arthur Snell, a major war is taking place on the European continent with Russia's
0:07.3	invasion of Ukraine bringing you a series of special episodes to help you understand
0:12.3	the crisis as it unfolds. This is Doomsday Watch.
0:22.7	Welcome back to Doomsday Watch. We hope you're finding these war bulletins valuable. Quick
0:27.9	reminder that you can support our work on the crowdfunding app Patreon from as little
0:32.6	as £3 per month. Just search Patreon Doomsday Watch or follow the link in the show notes.
0:41.0	Although it feels a lot longer, it is on March the 11th as we record this only two weeks
0:46.1	since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. So, where are we in this conflict?
0:52.6	Where is it going next and why is Russia's military performing so badly?
0:57.8	Dr. Peter Caddick Adams is a military historian, defense and security analyst and himself
1:04.0	a veteran of the army. He's worked in 58 countries and joins us today to give us the latest
1:10.6	on what's happening on the frontline in Ukraine.
1:17.2	Peter, welcome to Doomsday Watch. Thank you very much. It's really good to be here.
1:22.8	And you're joining us today, I think, from Croatia, is that right?
1:26.0	Yeah, I'm the war happened to find me here, so I'm going to stay here for the time being.
1:30.8	It's much closer to events that are taking place. And I found out last night when a Russian
1:36.7	drone crashed in Zagreb, I'm much closer to the front lines than most of you.
1:43.6	Well, that's fascinating and unexpected.
1:47.6	Peter, as you've described, you've got military experience, you're an analyst and you're also
1:53.0	a historian. We're basically at the end of the second week of this war of Russia's invasion.
2:03.3	And it feels as if we're also in the second phase, the invasion began with what was a failed
2:12.3	attempt at a blitzkrieg. And now we've moved on to a grimly familiar spectacle from the
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