{"id":1392020,"date":"2026-05-11T14:47:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T11:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/summer-2026-could-be-a-turning-point-in-russias-war-against-ukraine-media\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T14:47:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T11:47:03","slug":"summer-2026-could-be-a-turning-point-in-russias-war-against-ukraine-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/summer-2026-could-be-a-turning-point-in-russias-war-against-ukraine-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer 2026 could be a turning point in Russia&#8217;s war against Ukraine \u2013 media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"796\" data-end=\"877\"><strong>The next few months could be decisive for Russia&#8217;s war against Ukraine.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"879\" data-end=\"1018\"> This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/europe\/2026\/05\/10\/russia-is-stumbling-on-the-battlefield\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was reported by<\/a> The Economist, citing Lawrence Friedman, emeritus professor of military studies at King&#8217;s College London.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1020\" data-end=\"1176\"> According to him, the main question now is whether Russia&#8217;s problems at the front and within the country really indicate that the Kremlin&#8217;s capabilities are gradually narrowing.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1178\" data-end=\"1324\"> Friedman believes that much will depend on the summer, in particular, on whether Russia will be able to counter Ukraine&#8217;s rapid development in the field of drones.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1326\" data-end=\"1400\"> It is also important whether Moscow is really preparing forces for a major summer offensive.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1402\" data-end=\"1526\"> The expert notes that the Russian army is already facing serious difficulties, and there are no expected results at the front.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1528\" data-end=\"1649\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"> &#8220;The reality is that they have problems on the front line, and there are many things they simply cannot do,&#8221; Lawrence Friedman emphasized.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1020\" data-end=\"1176\"> As previously reported, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/putin-zahovoryv-pro-nibyto-kinets-viyny-u-chomu-spravzhnia-prychyna-novykh-zaiav-kremlia\/\">Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin stated during a press conference on May 9 that the war against Ukraine was supposedly \u201ccoming to an end.\u201d<\/a> At the same time, the Russian authorities continue to demonstrate their readiness for further hostilities and put forward new ultimatums.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1020\" data-end=\"1176\"> As a reminder, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/rosiia-maie-problemy-z-naborom-osobovoho-skladu-u-chomu-prychyny\/\">Russia is experiencing a shortage of personnel, which is even greater than in Ukraine.<\/a> This was reported by the founder of the charitable organization &#8220;Reactive Mail&#8221;, military expert Pavlo Narozhnyi.<\/p>\n<div class=\"full-post__content font-rules\">\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next few months could be decisive for Russia&#8217;s war against Ukraine. This was reported by The Economist, citing Lawrence Friedman, emeritus professor of military studies at King&#8217;s College London. According to him, the main question now is whether Russia&#8217;s problems at the front and within the country really indicate that the Kremlin&#8217;s capabilities are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1276465,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76874],"class_list":["post-1392020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1392020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1276465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1392020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1392020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}