TRUMP, ORBAN & PUTIN: Sanctions, Summits and the Strongmen with Cormac Smith - Former UK Diplomat to Ukraine

🎙 Voices from the Front: “TRUMP, ORBAN & PUTIN” | with Cormac SmithThe week Europe blinked — sanctions, summits, and the strongmen who want to shape the world.In this powerful episode of Voices from the Front, I sit down with Cormac Smith, former UK Government Adviser and Communications Strategist, to dissect a week that sent political shockwaves across Europe and beyond.Trump’s Sanctions: What do the new U.S. sanctions on Rosneft and other Russian oil giants really mean? Are they a serious move to choke Moscow’s war economy, or political theatre aimed at domestic voters?Orban’s Flip-Flop: Hungary’s Viktor Orban went from hosting a “peace summit” with Russia to backing out entirely within days. What happened behind closed doors? Was this the week Orban’s tightrope walk between Moscow and Brussels finally snapped?Putin’s Gamble: As Russia faces economic collapse, refinery strikes, and over a million casualties, Putin’s propaganda machine is spinning faster than ever. We break down the Kremlin’s desperation, the collapse of its alliances with North Korea, Iran, and China, and what it means for Ukraine’s fight for survival.This episode isn’t just analysis, it’s a front-line conversation about power, propaganda, and the price of freedom.🔔 Subscribe to Voices from the Front for first-hand accounts on Substack or on X, deep geopolitical dives, and interviews with those shaping the narrative on the ground and those living it everyday.👉 YouTube.com/@ShaunPinnerVoicesFromTheFront🎧 Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts: Voices from the Front📖 Read more on Substack: https://voicesfromthefront.substack.com💪 Support the mission: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/voicesfromthefrontEvery penny raised from subscribers goes directly to support our work:🎧 producing frontline podcasts📹 filming stories from Ukraine⚖️ funding legal cases against the Russian state🕊️ giving a voice to those who can’t speak for themselves#Ukraine #Trump #Putin #Orban #Russia #WarInUkraine #VoicesFromTheFront #ShaunPinner #CormacSmith #UkraineWar #Sanctions #Geopolitics #RussianOil #Rosneft #EU #NATO #Democracy #Freedom #UkraineFrontline #UkrainianVoices #Mariupol #UkrainianWar #PoliticalAnalysis #Podcast #WarCrimes #Europe #Dictatorship #GlobalPolitics #HybridWarfare #UkraineWillWin This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shaunpinner.substack.com/subscribe