The Wall Street Journal
Ukraine is also ramping up long-range strikes on military and energy targets deep inside Russia. These mid- and long-range attacks are forcing the Kremlin to make tough choices about how to allocate air defenses—and what to leave exposed. At the front, the Ukrainians now have more short-range drones than the Russians. Together this is “achieving an operational effect we haven’t seen before at this scale,” says Kateryna Stepanenko of the Institute for the Study of War.
For the first time since 2023 Ukraine has started to liberate more ground than it’s losing, ISW said in May. Meanwhile Russia struggles with attrition: Finnish President Alexander Stubb told the Swiss newspaper NZZ this month there are now eight Russian casualties for every Ukrainian killed or wounded, up from three in December. Russia has suffered some 35,000 casualties a month in 2026 while recruiting only some 27,000 men, Mr. Stubb said.
