Russia’s War against Ukraine
Weekly Reports May and June 2025
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Abstract
The ceasefire negotiations in Istanbul have failed. Russia is making unrealistic maximalist demands and now wants to create new conditions with a summer offensive in Donbass and northern Ukraine. The Ukrainian army is under pres-sure on several fronts, but so far, losses of territory have been limited. Ukraine has attracted attention by destroying several of the enemy’s strategic bombers. Russia has responded by intensifying airstrikes with drones and missiles. Ukraine's air defence capabilities are exhausted.
(Osteuropa 5/2025, pp. 65–91)