Putin intensifies the offensive with drones and missiles while Trump suspends aid. Russian pressure is growing: 50 thousand soldiers close to Sumy, Zelensky asks for Patriot
While the President of the United States Donald Trump Announces a hallway, the head of the Kremlin Vladimir Putin accelerates the advance. The Russian army is expanding operations on the ground and intensifying the air raids on the urban areas of theUkrainejust as the invasion enters its fourth consecutive year. In parallel, the recent decision of Washington to suspend the supply of certain armaments to Kiev represents for Fly A strategic opportunity to undermine western support to Ukraine. During a telephone interview with Trump, Putin He rejected each appeal to a de-Escalation, reiterating that the Russian objectives have not changed since the beginning of the conflict: to reaffirm Moscow’s supremacy on Kiev and force western countries to withdraw military assistance. “Our leader was clear: Moscow will complete its purposes, or to remove the roots of the current conflict,” he said Yuri Ushakovcouncilor of the Russian presidency, cited by the Tass agency. “THEIn Russia he won’t go back».
A few hours after the conversation, a new wave of drones and missiles hit the Ukrainian capital, causing at least 23 injured and forcing residents to take refuge all night. The Russian strategy seems to aim for the erosion of Ukrainian will and war resources, with continuous attacks that also target civilians, while Kiev’s main western ally seems to curb the commitment. Among the American supplies now suspended are the anti -aircraft defense systems that had protected Ukrainian cities from previous raids. Waiting for new diplomatic openings – currently not expected – Putin he declared through Ushakov to be willing to negotiate. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky announced that he will discuss with Trump of the continuation of US military assistance in the days to come. «We hope that the support of United States Continue: Europe alone cannot provide us with certain means, such as systems Patriotthe only ones able to intercept Russian ballistic missiles, “he explained Zelensky to the press. According to military analysts, these developments are strengthening the Russian belief that they can hold a long war of attrition. “Kiev will have to ration resources and armaments, and this could accelerate the Russian advance,” says an analysis of theInstitute for the Study of War based in Washington.
Currently approximately 50,000 Russian soldiers They were concentrated in the Ukrainian northern region of Sumy, about 19 km from the main city. Ukrainian military commands report that Fly It has a numerical superiority of about three to one. Although Kiev’s forces managed to contain the advance, the Russian pressure aggravated the difficulties due to the lack of staff and the need to defend the entire front of over 1,200 km. However, according to the Wall Street Journal, Russian progress is slow and dear price. The last significant conquest, Avdiivka, dates back to February 2024. According to some analysts, the goal of Fly Today it would not be so much the territorial conquest, as to wear Ukrainian military skills and weaken international solidarity.
The Ukrainian commander Oleksandr Syrskiy He told Walla Street Journal that the country cannot win by remaining on the defensive. “We will not remain motionless to suffer passively,” he told the press. In the meantime, the capital and other cities suffer a surge in attacks with drones and missiles, which sow terror and destruction among civilians. “The enemy wants to hit the population with fear,” he denounced the head of the Ukrainian security service, the general Vasyl Maliuk. The Air Force has made it known that most of the missiles have been intercepted, but those who have passed destroyed buildings and homes. Zelensky He commented hard with the last raids: «Without a strong and constant pressure, Russia will continue to behave in a barbaric way. Each attack against the civilian population must be punished with new penalties, hitting the Russian economy, revenue and infrastructure ». THE’Ukrainefor his part, intensified the deep attacks in the Russian territory. Long -range drones have affected military and industrial objectives at low costs, but with devastating effects for Moscow. Syrskiy He said that the damage imposed is up to 15 times higher than the cost of the drones used. Thursday the Ukrainian army announced that he had destroyed a storage of ammunition in the occupied region of Donetsk. Tuesday, Ukrainian drones hit a factory in Izhevsk, the production of drones and anti -missile systems. On June 28, an attack hit a defense system and three helicopters in Crimea, while the previous day two Su-34 jets had been affected. Targers of attacks are not only infrastructure, but also key figures. Thursday, Moscow confirmed the death of the Deputy Commander of the Navy, the General Mikhail Gudkovkilled in the region of Kursknear the border. Sites close to Ukrainian intelligence had already reported that it had been hit in a missile attack against a command post.
