Voice From The Front & The Wire Tap: Raining on Putins Parade

As Moscow prepares for Putin’s Victory Day parade, Ukraine is bringing the war home to Russia in ways the Kremlin never expected.

On this episode of Voices From The Front & The Wire Tap, journalist Chris Sampson and journalist and former Ukrainian Marine Shaun Pinner break down the escalating drone strikes deep inside Russia, the panic surrounding Moscow’s air defenses, and why Ukraine appears increasingly capable of dictating the tempo of the war.

The conversation also tackles one of the most dangerous narratives still repeated by Western media: the false labeling of foreign volunteers as “mercenaries.” Shaun Pinner and Chris Sampson explain why that language is not only inaccurate under the Geneva Conventions — but can directly endanger prisoners of war and foreign defenders captured by Russia.

Topics include:

Ukraine’s strikes on Russian infrastructure before Victory Day
Why Putin’s parade may already be a strategic defeat
The Christian Science Monitor controversy over “mercenary” framing
Shaun Pinner on being called a mercenary despite serving as a contracted Ukrainian Marine
Russia’s escalating drone attacks on civilians in Kramatorsk and Sumy
Ukraine’s laser anti-drone systems and rapidly evolving battlefield technology
Why the war may ultimately be decided economically and politically rather than militarily
Crimea, Rostov-on-Don, partisan operations, and the shifting balance of power
The emotional reality of Defender Moms in Ukraine and families of POWs

Recorded from Ukraine by voices living through the war — not observing it from afar.

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