2 Oct 2022

Dr Jack Watling – Examining the latest moves in Ukrainee

From Sunday Morning, 11:25 am on 2 October 2022

A lot has happened in the fortnight since we last talked to Jack Watling about the war in Ukraine. Annexation referendums have taken place in Russian-occupied areas and their results have been rejected globally.

Russian reservists have been called up and Putin has again hinted at the possible use of nuclear weapons.

The attack on the Nord stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea is said to have been the biggest single methane release ever recorded.

Award winning analyst, Dr Jack Watling is our regular commentator on the military aspects of this war. Jack’s the senior research fellow for land warfare at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), the world’s oldest and the UK’s leading defence and security think tank.

DONETSK OBLAST, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 24: A woman hangs flags as people cast their votes in controversial referendums  in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on September 24, 2022. Voting will run from Friday to Tuesday in Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, with people asked to decide if they want these regions to become part of Russia. Stringer / Anadolu Agency (Photo by STRINGER / ANADOLU AGENCY / Anadolu Agency via AFP)

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