Russia claimed on Monday evening that they had conquered the whole of the Luhansk region in Ukraine, which started the first time since the illegal invasion three years ago that it could fully occupy an entire region.
KYIV has not yet commented on the claims of Pasechnik that was published on Monday evening when he spoke with the Russian state of TV -outlet Channel One, in which he said “literally two days ago” that he had received a report that “100%” of the region was now fully occupied, the Associated Press reported for the first time.
Ukrainian infantry man of forward positions in the forest on November 10, 2024 in Serebryansky Reserve, about 8 kilometers southwest of Kreminna in the Luhansk -Oblast, Ukraine. (Kostianyn liberov/libkos/getty images)
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Russia is still judged as less than 20% of Ukraine, including Luhansk and about 70% of the other three regions that claim to have been evolved, according to Reuters – although it is unclear whether this figure also comprises the occupation of Russia’s crima.
Reports on Monday showed that Russia had collected around 50,000 troops on the northern border of Ukraine near the Sumy region, which wreaked that Putin could still plan a great offensive.
The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zenskyy said that the Ukrainian troops had been moved to the region a week ago in preparation for a Russian offensive.
“The Russian plan for an offensive in Sumy is not being realized, and that is thanks to every Ukrainian unit active in the area,” he said in a Social Media Post on Telegram.
Asked about Russia’s plans on Tuesday, President Donald Trump told reporters: “We will see what is happening, I look very closely at it.”
Moscow has drastically intensified its war efforts in Ukraine in the last two months, despite trump attempts to push a ceasefires and an end to the war.
While Ukraine has agreed to the ceasefire -the fires of Washington, Putin rejected all attempts and broken deadlines that have been set out by Trump.
In June, Russia launched more than 5,300 drones of the Shahed Type in a series of mass attacks that have become more frequent and fatal, reported the KIV-independent, referring to the Ukrainian Air Force.
The 5,337 kamikaze -drones shot only in Ukraine last month Previous record of 4,198 drones Followed in March – A record that coincided with the renewed outbreak of war against Iran as the first Israel, and then the US, focused on the nuclear infrastructure of Tehran in June.
Although European countries have remained steadfast in their support for Ukraine, the support of Washington has again ticked the office in January, of the Biden administration, because the US has drawn its attention to Israel’s war in Gaza, sent back the hostages and tackles the nuclear threat of Iran.
A representation after a Russian attack that hit a residential building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, 7 June 2025. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)
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The US-led attempts to stop a Ukraine-Russia-Stakes-fired fires seem to have stuck and little communication has been reported between Washington and Moscow after the previous call by Trump with Putin in mid-June.
Trump claims that Putin is looking for a way to end the war, and told reporters during a NATO news conference last week: “I know one thing – he would like to settle for.”
“He would like to come from this thing. It’s a mess for him,” he added.
But the NATO-Secretary General Mark Rutte, who has succeeded in establishing a positive relationship with the US president, despite Trump’s earlier criticism of the Alliance, has warned that he estimates that Putin has been able to attack ambitions outside of Ukraine and other parts of Europe within three to five years.
President Donald Trump speaks with Secretary-General Mark Rutte while he arrives for a NATO summit in The Hague, the Netherlands, on 25 June 2025. (Piroschka van de Wouw, Pool Photo via AP)
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Trump gave Putin a two -week deadline in May to show that he was serious about ending the war, or that he “tapped [the U.S.] by.”
But the deadline has long passed and the president has not made clear what his next steps will be.
