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Intensified Russian assault on Ukraine: Sign of upcoming land offensive or mounting frustration?
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Visitors at an observation area overlooking the Podil neighbourhood in Kyiv on May 31 amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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- Russia intensified Kyiv air strikes, yet Western intelligence deems this a sign of Russia's weakness and frustration as the war turns for Ukraine.
- Putin's attrition war assumptions are failing: European aid empowers Ukraine's defence industry, while drones cause massive Russian casualties.
- The war now strains Russia's economy and forces Putin towards conscription, as Ukraine's deep strikes challenge his ability to defend national territory.
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BRUSSELS – Russia has intensified its assault on Ukraine by massively expanding its air strikes on Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital.
Kyiv is now the regular target for intense nightly Russian barrages consisting of at least 300 drones plus a similar number of various other Russian explosive devices, including the hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile, capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
