Russia’s front is falling in Ukraine, ‘40,000’ soldiers have been killed in June | News of the Russia-Ukraine war

The Russian army wants to capture the remaining 20 percent of the eastern region of Donetsk in Ukraine by the end of the year, since – according to Kyiv – they have failed to achieve the previous 14 days.

According to Russia’s increasing military presence, President Vladimir Putin’s forces will need 5,150 days, or 14 years, to complete the task – in addition to the 12 years of Russian military operations already underway to retake Donetsk from Kyiv’s control.

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The Institute for the Study of War says that’s because Russian territory has fallen this year even as casualties have risen, according to the Washington think tank, which uses geolocated, open source data to estimate territorial control.

Russian forces occupied 2,190 square kilometers (845 square miles) of Ukraine in the first six months of 2025, compared with 622 sq km (240 square miles) so far this year, ISW said.

This means an advance of 1.03 sq km (0.39 sq miles) per day this year against 16.6 sq km (6.4 sq miles) per day in the first six months of 2025.

The numbers get even worse if Russian intervention, which does not equate to firm control of the region, is removed from the equation and the conflict in Ukraine is included.

In that case, Russia’s profit in the first half of 2026 is 97 sq km (37 sq miles), according to ISW figures.

“If Putin wants to send a million of his soldiers to continue fighting this wall, then millions of Russians, who have not joined the Russian army and are. to pour oilthey should think about what will be waiting for them,” said the president of Ukraine.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy was talking about 1.4 million deaths in Russia since the war began, estimated by the Center for Strategic International Studies on July 1.

Ukraine’s military says Russia suffered another 39,490 casualties in June alone, exceeding its monthly average of 24,000-30,000.

This means that casualties in Russia will rise to 1,298 per sq km taken in June, compared to 68 casualties per sq km in June 2025, ISW said.

Why is the tide turning?

Zelenskyy has said that Ukraine’s success this year was due to “several decisions” it made last year to increase drone production and develop domestic long-range missiles.

Ukraine has used these resources to disrupt Russian oil and military supplies – a process that its Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov called “Logistical Lockdown”.

On June 25, Zelenskyy announced a 40-day medium-term and long-term rally “against the barbarian state whose aim was to force a ceasefire”.

Medium-range strikes have targeted Russia, including warehouses, convoys and bridges.

The attacks rose from 210 in May to 303 in June, the ISW estimated.

In just two days, July 1-2, Ukraine destroyed 12 power stations in the south. Crimeaas part of an ongoing campaign to prevent the island from being used for military purposes.

The head of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces, Robert ‘Magyar’ Brovdi, said his forces hit a Russian unit in the rear or front every 52 seconds in June.

“50,147 war targets destroyed/destroyed,” he wrote on his Telegram channel.

Zelenskyy said that the short-term and medium-term forces will be increased this month if the armed forces “receive additional resources”, he said.

Russia wants peace – according to what it wants

About a year ago, inside Putin’s meeting with US President Donald Trump in Alaska, it is said that they agreed to force Ukraine to hand over Donetsk.

Zelenskyy flatly refused when presented with the idea.

In the following year, the military situation has changed dramatically, and Russia is now behind.

Russian officials appeared to be announcing their readiness for another US strike based on what was discussed in Anchorage.

“US intentions were discussed and accepted by the Russian side in Alaska,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the Kremlin newswire TASS on June 26.

“We welcome (US mediation), we will remain open to these services and peaceful settlement,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the same day.

At the same time, Russia has expressed its opposition to controlling the Ukrainian opinion, believing that it will have a more sympathetic audience in Trump.

Responding to Vesti journalist Pavel Zarubin, Mr. Putin revealed that he rejected two different proposals from Kyiv, one ceasefire on long-term strikes and another to end the war in the northern Ukrainian regions of Sumy and Kharkiv, as well as the southern regions of Mykolaiv and Dnipropetrovsk, allowing the war to continue in its main areas – Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia and Kherson.

“It is clear why this proposal is being made,” Putin said. “Because our reprisals in the Ukrainian territories are very strong, destructive, and – to put it bluntly – destructive, which is having very negative consequences for the (Kyiv) government.

The long-term strike in Ukraine last week destroyed the Russian oil refineries of Ufa, Nizhegorodsky, Slavyansk and Yaroslavl, the Volga and Vyatka vessels that are built in the Kerch Strait, Beloomut, Minyayevo and Dubna satellite communication center in Moscow in Satellite station in Satellite in Satellite in Satellite in Moscow. Crimea is a research organization that develops aircraft and missile systems in the Penza region.

Money problems for Putin and people

Putin has put on a brave face as the battle flags are people’s feelings are hurt, saying that Russia is “standing up”

As for the economy, Russia depends on oil exports for a quarter of its income, according to the latest analysis, but market analysts say oil exports are declining.

From January to May, oil prices fell by 30 percent compared to the same period last year, said Ukrainian President of Confident of Sanctions Policy, Vladyslav Vlasyuk.

This is despite the fact that the United States temporarily imposed sanctions on Russian oil during the Gulf War that began on February 28. The sanctions ended on June 17.

Ukraine says the drop in Russian exports is due to its strikes on Russian oil and gas facilities, which have made transporting tankers dangerous and difficult.

When Ukraine attacked Russian refineries, Russia wanted to export more of its oil and import more refined oil to keep its economy afloat.

Fuel shortages were reported in many parts of Russia in June, with videos of Russians arguing over who gets to fill up their cars posted online.

Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak tried to reassure the Russian people on June 26, saying that “we have enough oil in the market” and that demand was increased by 20-30 percent due to “magical history”.

Novak said that “the connection of the mechanical products is being reorganized” and that “the reformation of the market will take time”.

Mr. Putin, too, tried to highlight the current problems, saying that Russia has 1.7 million tons of oil, which he said was “down by only four from the same period last year”.

Russia has banned the import of diesel, which is widely used by the military and Putin addition ban on June 26.

Industry sources told Reuters that Russia had exported 60,000 tonnes of refined oil from India and plans to import 400,000 tonnes a month from other countries.