Voices from the Front Podcast

🎙️Voices from the Front & The Wire Tap A s America marks Independence Day, we ask a much bigger question: what does independence really mean when a nation is fighting for its survival? In this special episode, Chris & myself, Shaun Pinner explore the latest developments from Ukraine, Russia and beyond, discussing why the prospect of peace appears further away than ever. From Russia’s escalating mi...

What really shaped Ukraine before the full-scale invasion? How has Russian propaganda evolved, and could diplomacy ever have prevented the war? In this in-depth conversation, I sit down with Cormac Smith , former British diplomat to Ukraine, to discuss the war from the perspectives of diplomacy, strategic communications and firsthand experience. Together we explore: * Why Russian propaganda remain...

🎙️ Voices From The Front & The Wire Tap , In this episode, Chris Sampson and myself, Shaun Pinner, examine the growing signs that Russia’s logistics network is coming under increasing pressure. From fuel shortages in occupied Crimea and disruptions to the southern corridor, to Ukraine’s long-range strike campaign and rapid drone innovation, we explore how the battlefield is changing. Drawing on fi...

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Russia is escalating. Ukraine is escalating. The weapons packages are becoming larger, more complex and increasingly capable. Yet despite the threats, missile launches and endless nuclear rhetoric, one uncomfortable reality is emerging for the Kremlin: Russia appears to be running out of options. In this week’s discussion, filmed after my interview with Ukrainian drone warfare expert Dimko, Chris...

AZOV WAS NEVER NAZIS | Live with Former Congressman Adam Kinzinger & Shaun Pinner In this episode of Voices from the Front , I sit down with former U.S. Congressman Adam Kinzinger for a wide-ranging conversation on Ukraine, modern warfare, Russian propaganda, and one of the most persistent myths of the war: the narrative surrounding Azov. Drawing on my own experience serving with Azov in Mariupol...

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🎙️Voices From The Front & The Wire Tap – Sunday Edition – Missile Attacks In this powerful Sunday Edition of Voices From The Front & The Wire Tap, Shaun Pinner and Chris Sampson broadcast live from Ukraine as air raid sirens , missile threats and Russian drone attacks continue across Kyiv and Dnipro . The episode covers the reality of life under bombardment, including discussions surrounding Russi...

🎙️In this episode of Voices From The Front & The Wire Tap , Shaun Pinner and Chris Sampson, we break down the growing reality that the war in Ukraine is not slowing down, it’s escalating . Using frontline experience , on-the-ground observations from Dnipro & Kyiv , and analysis of recent Russian strikes , we discuss why claims of an imminent peace deal or Putin is considering quitting, are detache...

🎙️Ukraine’s war is no longer confined to the frontline. In this explosive episode of Voices from the Front , Shaun Pinner and Chris, The Wire Tap, break down how Ukraine is now putting unprecedented pressure on Russia ahead of Putin’s Victory Day Parade, with drone strikes, airport shutdowns, burning oil infrastructure, and Moscow scrambling air defences across the country. From Rostov-on-Don to C...

🎙️Voices from the Front & The Wire Tap |Three days travelling back from Canada… straight into drones over the train station and air defence firing above our heads. This is the reality of Ukraine. In this episode of Voices from the Front & The Wire Tap , we break down what “Victory Day” has become, not a moment of remembrance, but a stage for propaganda. From firsthand experience, including being h...

🎙️ Voices from the Front & The Wire Tap | Live from Ukraine In this episode, we break down what’s really happening on the ground, far beyond the headlines and political spin. From the streets of Kyiv to life in Dnipro, this is the reality of a country entering its fourth year of full-scale war and why so many still don’t understand what that actually means. We cover the growing disconnect between...

🎙️Voices from the Front & The Wire Tap Russia’s long-promised spring offensive has stalled — or is it already failing before it’s even begun? In this episode of 🎙️ Voices from the Front & The Wire Tap , we break down what’s really happening on the battlefield as the war enters its fifth year. From the ground in Ukraine, the picture looks very different to the narrative still pushed in parts of the...

🎙️ Voices from the Front & The Wire Tap | Trump’s Capitulation Last Friday on Voices from the Front & The Wire Tap , Shaun Pinner and Chris Sampson broke down one of the most consequential weeks in the war in Ukraine — a week defined not just by events on the battlefield, but by political decisions that may shape the war’s outcome. Broadcast live from Ukraine, including updates from Kyiv and near...

🎙️ Voices From The Front & The Wire Tap | In this episode we have a deeply personal conversation about capture, survival, and what it means to endure captivity . ⚠️ Warning: The following contains graphic descriptions of torture that some viewers/ listeners may find distressing. As someone who went through SERE training in the British Army , I talk about what that preparation is designed to do, an...

🎙️ Voices From The Front & The Wire Tap | Ukraine War Analysis: Drones & Expensive Wars Thank you Lexie Reid , Dann , Mary Boudreau , Lisa Ruiz-Buchwalter , Martin Zeilig , and many others for tuning into our live video. In this episode of Voices From The Front & The Wire Tap , we break down one of the defining realities of the modern battlefield: cheap drones versus expensive military systems. As...

🎙️Voices from the Front & The Wire Tap — Episode 3/ Part 2 (Sunday Bonus) Frontline Reality vs Political Spin | Ukraine War Analysis | Trump, Witkoff & Russia’s Narrative Shift In Episode 3 of Voices from the Front and The Wire Tap , we cut through the noise and examine the widening gap between battlefield reality in Ukraine and the political narratives forming in Washington and Moscow. Four years...

🎙️ Voices from the Front & The Wire Tap | Episode 3 Ukraine War Update | Kremlin Propaganda Failing | Putin’s Shrinking Options | Global Power Politics Thank you to Naomi Walsby and everyone who joined us live for Episode 2 of Voices from the Front and The Wire Tap . Your engagement, questions, and support help keep these conversations grounded in reality rather than spin. Four years into Russia’s...

🎙️Voices From The Front & The Wire Tap | SOVIET PLAYBOOK - have you tried turning it off and on? Another great chat with Chris in Kyiv discussing the weeks shenanigans. In this week’s Voices from the Front & The Wire Tap , Chris & myself break down the biggest developments from Ukraine in a no-nonsense review of the week, recorded live with our audience. +140 and growing We dig into Lavrov’s lates...

🎙️ Voices from the Front & The Wire Tap — On the Ground in Ukraine Every Friday, journalist Chris Sampson and former British serviceman turned Ukrainian Marine and journalist Shaun Pinner sit down to talk honestly about Ukraine, the war, geopolitics, Russian propaganda, media narratives, and life on the ground . This isn’t studio punditry. We live and work in Ukraine . We see what’s happening, we...

🎙️Voices from the Front - Trilateral Theatre & the Promises Talks in Abu Dhabi could mark the first time Ukrainian, Russian, and American delegations have been involved in negotiations at the same table since Moscow’s full-scale invasion nearly four years ago. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has described the negotiations as being in the “last mile.” Yet despite that optimism, deep divisions remain,...

🎙️ Voices from the Front — Where Will Putin Get His Win? Russia’s so-called “3-Day Special Military Operation” has become one of the greatest strategic failures of the modern era. The SMO has now outlasted the Soviet Union’s own defining war. The Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany ran from 1941 to 1945. What was sold in February 2022 as a lightning campaign has dragged on far longer, and, cr...