The publication analyzed the situation in Ukraine and the pace of promotion of Russians. It is noted that the offensive of the Russian Federation extends from the northern border regions of the Sumy and Kharkov regions to the Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions. In fact, it began in May, and planned it in the winter. The Russian Federation increased forces to succeed at the front. Analyst in Russia at the Institute for Studying War (ISW) Angelica Evans in a conversation with The Telegraph noted that Russians now have no opportunity to “start something new and differing”, so their “summer offensive” will be a continuation of their previous actions.
In the Sumy region, the other day, the Ukrainian military stopped advancement, as reported by the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrfa. According to the military analyst Pavel Polozhny, with whom the publication talked, the main goal of Russia in the region was Yunakovka. If the invaders managed to capture it, it would be a “disaster”, because it would significantly improve their logistics, he said.
The author also talks about the level of skills of the Russian military. According to media reports, Russia sends thousands of poorly trained soldiers to lead the offensive. This trend is fixed throughout the front line. The Ukrainian officer, fighting in the Kupyansk direction in the Donetsk region, also confirmed the failure of the Russian summer offensive. According to him, despite the fact that the enemy has an advantage in manpower and drones, his “infantry is very poorly trained, if at all trained.”
The complicated position of the Russian Federation and the high level of losses of the invaders was also announced by the expert on military operations of the Royal Institute of the United Armed Forces, Nick Reynolds, quoted by The Telegraph. He believes that even the existing weapons did not allow the Russians to confront the Armed Forces. Reynolds emphasized that the Russians are celebrating victories, sometimes capturing small towns and villages, “not having any real strategic value.” They cannot enter large cities, although they are trying to open new fronts. According to the expert, one of the reasons for failures is that the army of the Russian Federation “sprays forces”, fearing successful counterattacks of Ukraine.
At the same time, the long -term goal of the Russian Federation to capture all of Ukraine, and not only partially occupied regions, suggests such a telegraph assumes.
Context
Russia has been waging a war against Ukraine since 2014. Now, under its control, approximately 20% of the territory of Ukraine – Crimea, units of the Lugansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya, Kherson, Kharkov and Nikolaev regions.
On May 14, 2025, the head of the Center for Combating Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Andrei Kovalenko said that Russia was preparing a new offensive in the summer. The next day in The operational and strategic grouping of the Khortitsa troops said that the summer offensive of Russians had already “actually began.” President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky believes that the invaders will do everything to break into the Dnipropetrovsk region.
During peace negotiations in Istanbul on May 16, representatives of the Russian delegation threatened the Ukrainian capture of Suma or Kharkov, stating that the Russian Federation allegedly could “fight forever.”
On May 26, the Sumy Ova said that the Russian Federation occupied four settlements of the region.
On May 29, The New York Times wrote that in May, Russian invaders captured about 14.2 km² of Ukrainian territories per day, which was not since November 2024. The greatest advance of the invaders was recorded in the Donetsk region. Also, as the media noted, they opened another front – in the north of Ukraine in the Sumy region.
On June 14, The Washington Post wrote that the Russian Federation was dangerously approaching the sums, according to the publication, enemy troops are 19 km from the city.
On June 20, the illegitimate president of Russia Vladimir Putin during a speech at the plenary meeting of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum did not rule out the “capture” of Sum, despite the fact that, according to him, the Russian Federation does not have such a task.
