Disrupted season: Ukrainian drones partially deprived Russia of resorts, transport and gasoline

A Ukrainian soldier with an interceptor drone near the front line on the outskirts of the city of Sumy.

Photo by FRANCISCO RICHART / ANADOLU / ANADOLU VIA AFP

The Russian army continues to slowly creep forward - it occupies the center of Konstantinovka, enters Kupyansk from two sides, presses west of Gulyai-Polye - but problems are growing in the near and far rear. In the occupied territories there is a complete collapse of logistics; fuel shortages have already reached St. Petersburg and Moscow. The holiday season in Crimea has been disrupted - at least 80% of June reservations have been cancelled. At the same time, a new round of negotiations is on the horizon, which is obviously doomed: the trump cards in the hands of each of the parties are too different. Nikolai Mitrokhin* talks about how Ukrainian drones change the course of the war on the fly.

Negotiation process

Over the past two weeks, the negotiation process between Russia and Ukraine has again experienced another ups and downs, as if repeating the trajectory of a swing.

First of all, this was connected with the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, the organization of which, apparently, was due to some shadow agreements between the Kremlin and Bankova through the mediation of the United States.

Zelensky gave Putin a chance to host the forum and speak at it for two days, but demonstrated his capabilities. Ukrainian heavy drones appeared in the skies over St. Petersburg and Kronstadt, a naval base in the Gulf of Finland, destroying a significant part of the tanks and equipment and the new missile corvette Boykiy, which was undergoing scheduled maintenance in dry dock in Kronstadt.

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