Putin unleashes a summer offensive to break Ukraine


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Following weeks of stalled ceasefire negotiations, the war between Russia and Ukraine is escalating rapidly. Recent events include record-breaking Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian cities and significant Ukrainian drone attacks targeting Russian strategic bomber forces within Russia. This activity serves as a precursor to a major Russian summer offensive designed to demoralize Ukraine and secure a symbolic victory for President Putin, regardless of the cost.

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AFTER WEEKS of nebulous ceasefire talks at the urging of a semi-engaged President Donald Trump, the war between Russia and Ukraine is intensifying again in savage style and with escalating stakes. In the last two weeks there have been record-breaking Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian cities and spectacular Ukrainian drone raids on Russiaโ€™s strategic bomber force, deep inside its borders. But all this is merely a prelude to the main event: a large-scale summer offensive by Russia that aims to break Ukrainian morale and deliver president Vladimir Putin a symbolic victory at almost any cost.

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