General Sir Patrick Sanders

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1,311 appearances 12 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 2 Sep

General Sir Patrick Sanders’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 12 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 4.

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The General & The Journalist · How Ukraine’s leadership crisis impacts the war · 29 Jul 2026 podcast

To act, if you like, as a champion for the soldiers, sailors, and airmen and women that I've loved working with the last 40 years. voice-verified

And it's an amazing opportunity to do something about what we've been talking about on this podcast for the last year or so. voice-verified

Anyway, as far as the general and the journalist is concerned, nothing's changed. voice-verified

I'll do my best to offer the same fearless and objective military analysis that we've been doing. voice-verified

And I know you'll keep me on this talk. voice-verified

bit pompous. voice-verified

Yeah, I uh yeah, uh let's just uh let's just not go there. voice-verified

Anyway, Tom, um on to much more important things. voice-verified

In the last week, Vladimir Zelensky has lost his defence minister, Misha Fedorov, and his commander in chief, General Alexander Sursky. voice-verified

So why don't you just walk us through what's happened? voice-verified

Hmm. voice-verified

I mean, 20 cities is pretty extraordinary, particularly in in in wartime. voice-verified

And it's it's quite striking when you look at the pictures how many of them are are young. voice-verified

I mean, w why is Misha Fedorov so popular and why is the dismissal so significant? voice-verified

Why is it catalyzed these protests? voice-verified

Two years later, but yeah, it made a real voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

Tell me more about him. voice-verified

I I don't think I met Sirsky, but I'd certainly heard of him. voice-verified

I mean, he became commander in chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 2024. voice-verified

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