One has returned some of the international focus to the war in Ukraine. Path of the four and a half years since an invasion that Putin believed was a matter of weeksthe conflict continues to deal mortal blows to both sides, without there being too many significant developments in the positions of the fronts.
For some time now, Russia has seen its advance slowed in eastern Ukraine, in a Donbas whose command it continues to claim but which it has not been able to completely conquer. Rather, the Putin’s troops would have lost ground for the first time since 2023.
A report from the DeepState UA system, used by international analysts to monitor the evolution of the front, details that Russia has gained around 14 square kilometers in May. This is a relatively low gain for the notable effort of economic, technological and also human resources to conquer new positions.
Only in the aforementioned month of May have intensified war hostilities at a high percentage, going from just over 5,000 direct confrontations in April to more than 7,000 in the just-ended month, as detailed in one.
The data of the 14 square kilometers of Russian ‘conquests’ contrasts with the evidence that his army would have lost no less than 114 square kilometers; that is, almost seven times more than what was earned. This is also attested to by the Institute for the Study of War, an organization based in the United States.
The data for May 2026 represents the first absolute ‘advantage’ at a monthly level for Ukraine from summer 2023when he launched a counteroffensive in the east and south of the country that led him to recover large areas. That was his last big hitafter.
The one in 2023 was a partial success, because even the Ukrainian top brass clarified that the delay in acting limited their returns. Since then, Russia has continued to gain ground, albeit slowly.
Three years later, the report of Business Insider based on data from international intelligence, it details the effect that the drone industry by kyiv.
The increase of these medium range attacks against Russian logistics and operations centers has caused wide withdrawals by Moscowwhich has lost positions in attacks without human presence, a ukrainian landmark that Volodimir Zelensky publicly announced and that he has as a bloc.
