Pjotr (Piotr) Sauer

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Today in Focus · Russia exploits Ukraine’s air defence shortage in deadly attack on Kyiv - The Latest · 5 Aug 2026 podcast

And on one level, sanctions have failed.

Because if you look at some of the missiles that are reaching Ukraine, these missiles use Western components that are, of course, are sanctioned.

And Russia shouldn't be able to get their hands on these components.

Yeah.

But through smuggling and other ways, Russia is able to get these components into their rockets.

So I think on one level, Zelensky says it's time to get tough on these third countries that allow Russia to import vital parts for their missiles.

At the same time, I think it would be too easy to say that sanctions have failed.

Of course, we've seen that there's been a lot of pressure on Russia's oil and gas industry.

Without them, I think Russia would be making much more money from oil and gas.

It's forced to sell its minerals and oil and gas on discounted prices to India and China.

So it's a bit of a mixed bag.

But of course, Zelensky asks for more sanctions and more pressure on Russia.

Yeah, it's supposed to be a special military operation lasting only a few weeks, of course, and we're now in year five.

And, you know, both from my own reporting and speaking to Russians on the ground, but also through polls, we see that the support for war is going down and going down quite fast.

Russians are feeling the impact of the war in their wallets, in their daily lives.

You know, I've mentioned some of the strikes on the oil refineries.

They have led to petrol shortages for the first time sort of in modern Russian history.

Russians had to queue for petrol.

Most recently, we've seen Ukraine targeting warehouses belonging to Wildberries.

And this is the Russian Amazon, sort of this huge company where thousands of Russians sell their products through.

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