Europe Warns Russia Could Escalate War Beyond Ukraine: WSJ
Putin is expected to intensify missile and drone strikes as battlefield gains stall and approval ratings slip, analysts said.
- On Monday, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced "consistent and systematic" missile strikes on Kyiv, targeting drone-making facilities and decision-making centers. President Vladimir Putin ordered the escalation after a May 22 drone attack in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine killed 21 people.
- Facing a battlefield stalemate and growing war fatigue, Putin appears ready to change the narrative as the war enters its fifth year. He likely ordered intensified aerial attacks to shore up sagging domestic approval ratings.
- Sunday's barrage involving Russia's new hypersonic Oreshnik missile killed two and injured scores, destroying numerous buildings. Moscow also issued threats to European allies, publishing a list of facilities it claimed were involved in manufacturing Ukrainian drones.
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to warn of impending strikes, though allies rejected Moscow's demand to evacuate diplomats. Dmitry Polyansky, Russia's envoy to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, warned of "direct military confrontation."
- Nigel Gould-Davies of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies warned that economic stagnation and war-fueled costs are depressing civilian sectors. He argued the Kremlin must "curtail the last remaining post-Soviet market freedoms" to sustain the war.
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With a stalemate in Ukraine and discontent at home, Putin seems ready to escalate his war
President Vladimir Putin is facing a battlefield stalemate in Ukraine and growing war fatigue among Russians and appears ready to change the narrative around the conflict.
The international analyst Andrés Repetto warned in LN+ that in Europe there is growing concern for a possible expansion of the war beyond Ukrainian territory. He explained that in several countries of the continent there is a sense of alarm at the latest movements of Russia and the appearance of drones in nearby areas or within European space. In that context, the specialist said that the lack of decisive advances of Moscow in Ukraine could push…
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