{"id":10595,"date":"2026-05-29T15:31:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=10595"},"modified":"2026-05-29T15:31:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:31:52","slug":"with-a-stalemate-in-ukraine-and-discontent-at-home-putin-seems-ready-to-escalate-his-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=10595","title":{"rendered":"With a stalemate in Ukraine and discontent at home, Putin seems ready to escalate his war"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><p><strong>By The Associated Press<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Facing a battlefield stalemate in Ukraine and growing war fatigue among Russians, President Vladimir Putin appears ready to try to change the narrative around the conflict.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=10589\">HOA Homefront: Why isn\u2019t the board taking care of our property?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He looks likely to sharply escalate the Russian aerial attacks on the Ukrainian capital in the hope it will shore up his sagging domestic approval ratings and persuade an increasingly pessimistic audience at home that Moscow is winning the war, now in its fifth year.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s warning to carry out \u201cconsistent and systematic\u201d missile strikes on Kyiv, accompanied by a call for evacuating foreign embassies from the capital, signals Putin\u2019s intention to expand Russia\u2019s barrage despite the heavy costs and potential international outrage.<\/p>\n<p>Massive drills of Russia\u2019s nuclear forces earlier this month and a series of belligerent statements from Moscow warning Kyiv\u2019s European allies about possible retaliation for what the Kremlin cast as their involvement in Ukrainian drone attacks have underlined Putin\u2019s intention to up the ante.<\/p>\n<div><ul><div><div><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Smoke rises in the aftermath of a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine.\" class=\"wp-image-10591\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/63f47e36a7787d78c4959fb227a8b906-1024x682.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/63f47e36a7787d78c4959fb227a8b906-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/63f47e36a7787d78c4959fb227a8b906-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/63f47e36a7787d78c4959fb227a8b906-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/63f47e36a7787d78c4959fb227a8b906-1536x1023.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/63f47e36a7787d78c4959fb227a8b906.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>FILE \u2013 Smoke rises in the aftermath of a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo\/Zoya Shu, File)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A commercial building burns after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine.\" class=\"wp-image-10592\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/e7887b51bb535630bd798c2b5d6ad926-1024x683.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/e7887b51bb535630bd798c2b5d6ad926-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/e7887b51bb535630bd798c2b5d6ad926-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/e7887b51bb535630bd798c2b5d6ad926-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/e7887b51bb535630bd798c2b5d6ad926-1536x1025.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/e7887b51bb535630bd798c2b5d6ad926.webp 1859w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>FILE \u2013 A commercial building burns after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo\/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Russia's Commissioner for Human Rights Yana Lantratova stands by citizens holding portraits of what they say were victims of a Ukrainian drone strike.\" class=\"wp-image-10593\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/34bf275dad02631fe04d4307f55cb88f-1024x682.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/34bf275dad02631fe04d4307f55cb88f-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/34bf275dad02631fe04d4307f55cb88f-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/34bf275dad02631fe04d4307f55cb88f-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/34bf275dad02631fe04d4307f55cb88f-1536x1023.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/34bf275dad02631fe04d4307f55cb88f.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>FILE \u2013 Russia\u2019s Commissioner for Human Rights Yana Lantratova, center right, stands by citizens holding portraits of what they say were victims of a Ukrainian drone strike in Starobilsk in the Russia-controlled Luhansk region of Ukraine, on Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo\/Pavel Bednyakov, File)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A firefighter tries to extinguish a blaze at a commercial building hit by a Russian attack.\" class=\"wp-image-10594\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ad822e29bc1cd752e40814ed43377f70-1024x683.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ad822e29bc1cd752e40814ed43377f70-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ad822e29bc1cd752e40814ed43377f70-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ad822e29bc1cd752e40814ed43377f70-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ad822e29bc1cd752e40814ed43377f70-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ad822e29bc1cd752e40814ed43377f70.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>FILE \u2013 A firefighter tries to extinguish a blaze at a commercial building hit by a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo\/Efrem Lukatsky, File)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><\/div><\/div><\/ul><div><div>FILE \u2013 Smoke rises in the aftermath of a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo\/Zoya Shu, File)\n<\/div><span>Expand<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<h4>As Russia\u2019s advance stalls, Ukraine boosts long-range strikes<\/h4>\n<p>After a series of gains last year, Russia\u2019s advances along the over 600-mile front line have ground to a near halt recently, and Ukraine\u2019s armed forces have launched successful counterstrikes and reclaimed some ground.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe character of the war is shifting in favor of Ukrainian forces, at least for now,\u201d the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War said in a recent analysis. \u201cRussian forces\u2019 rates of advances are stagnating while Ukrainian forces are employing novel tactics and operational concepts in efforts to break out of positional warfare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The battlefield gridlock undermines Putin\u2019s declared goal of quickly capturing the eastern Donetsk region still under Ukrainian control. Kyiv has rejected his demands to withdraw from the region as a condition for a ceasefire.<\/p> <div>\n<\/div>\n<p>At the same time, Ukraine has significantly expanded its long-range strikes on Russian energy facilities and arms factories, inflicting increasing damage.<\/p>\n<p>Putin scaled down the annual May 9 Victory Day parade, fearing Ukrainian drone strikes. Days later, a massive drone attack on Moscow\u2019s suburbs killed three and showed that even the densely protected capital isn\u2019t fully immune from assault, shattering Kremlin efforts to cast the conflict as something distant that doesn\u2019t affect ordinary Russians.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the attacks were \u201csignificantly changing the situation \u2014 and, more broadly, the world\u2019s perception of Russia\u2019s war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Acknowledging the growing threat of Ukraine\u2019s deep strikes, Russian lawmakers this week approved a bill that says the country\u2019s banks should bear the cost of installing drone-jamming systems on their premises, rather than rely on the military.<\/p> <div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cFrom Russia\u2019s perspective, these attacks are just going to get worse,\u201d said Thomas Withington of the Royal United Services Institute in London. He added that Ukraine\u2019s increasingly audacious drone attacks were \u201cexacting not only a political but an economic cost in Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>The war is taking a toll on the Russian economy and morale<\/h4>\n<p>Russia\u2019s economy has stagnated as the initial boost from massive military spending has petered out. The government has raised taxes and increased domestic borrowing to keep the budget deficit under control. And even though the U.S. war in Iran has meant windfall oil revenues for Russia, fundamental economic challenges remain.<\/p>\n<p>Putin is expected to play down the negative dynamics at next week\u2019s international economic forum in St. Petersburg, an annual event intended to showcase Russia\u2019s achievements.<\/p>\n<p>Nigel Gould-Davies of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies said in an analysis that \u201cwar-fueled high prices of capital, labor and goods, as well as rising taxes, have begun to depress the civilian sectors,\u201d resulting in \u201ca dual economy of overheated military output and civilian stagnation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Russia has relied on volunteer soldiers to fight the war, offering them comparatively high wages and other benefits, Gould-Davies argued that \u201cthere are signs that this incentive may no longer be working effectively, and that Russia has begun to lose more troops than it can recruit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To sustain the war, the Kremlin will have to forcibly mobilize human and material resources, requiring it to \u201ccurtail the last remaining post-Soviet market freedoms, labor freedom, and freedom of movement,\u201d he said.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=10587\">World Cup host Boston has lobster rolls, American history and Fenway Park: Things to know<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a sign of brewing discontent, some social media influencers previously loyal to the Kremlin have started to openly criticize government policies.<\/p>\n<p>A move by authorities to restrict cellphone internet and block popular messaging apps has upset daily routines for millions, causing open grumbling. Natalya Kasperskaya, a prominent IT entrepreneur and a staunch Kremlin supporter, harshly criticized the shutdowns and attempts to block virtual private networks, warning that they cause massive damage to the tech sector.<\/p>\n<p>Tatyana Stanovaya, a Russia expert who founded the R.Politik newsletter focused on Kremlin politics, noted the spreading Ukrainian drone attacks along with mobile internet shutdowns and rising taxes have eroded Putin\u2019s standing. While he faces no immediate threats to his rule, \u201cthe gradual fading of Putin\u2019s credibility is real,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>In early spring, Russian opinion polls, including one by a government-run pollster, recorded a dip in Putin\u2019s approval ratings, although they rose slightly in May in the state-controlled poll after the organization changed its methodology to include face-to-face interviews. Many observers believe the numbers may be inflated amid a widespread crackdown on dissent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPutin is losing his magic,\u201d Alexander Baunov of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center wrote in a commentary. \u201cPower remains undivided in his hands, but its spell is fading. Even loyalists complain about the mounting restrictions and repression, and once-upbeat businesspeople are now despondent.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Russia\u2019s new threats to Ukraine and the West<\/h4>\n<p>Citing a May 22 Ukrainian drone attack on a college dormitory in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine that Moscow said killed 21 people, Putin ordered a massive missile strike on Kyiv and its surrounding region. Sunday\u2019s barrage that involved Russia\u2019s new hypersonic Oreshnik missile killed two, injured scores of others and destroyed or damaged many buildings.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Moscow will launch \u201cconsistent and systematic\u201d strikes on Kyiv to target drone-making facilities and \u201cdecision-making centers.\u201d It urged foreign diplomats to leave the capital \u2014 a demand rejected by Ukraine\u2019s allies.<\/p>\n<p>Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to warn him of the coming strikes and push for the evacuation of its diplomats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe danger in all of these wars as they continue and then they go on is that they always have the threat of escalation, of spreading into something new,\u201d Rubio told reporters after the call.<\/p>\n<p>The Iran war has effectively put U.S. mediation efforts in Ukraine on hold and drained American missile arsenals, delaying the delivery of U.S.-made Patriot missiles that Ukraine desperately needs to fend off Russian attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow-based military analyst Sergei Poletaev said Russia sees the shortage of air defense assets in Kyiv as an opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKyiv\u2019s air defenses have been exhausted enough to make a massive attack efficient,\u201d he said in a recent commentary.<\/p>\n<p>Accompanying the declared blitz on Kyiv, Russia issued a barrage of threats aimed at Ukraine\u2019s European allies.<\/p>\n<p>The Defense Ministry published a list of facilities in Europe that it said were involved in manufacturing drones and their components for Ukraine. And Moscow\u2019s Foreign Intelligence Service warned the Baltic nations that their NATO membership won\u2019t protect them from Moscow\u2019s retaliation if they allow Ukraine to launch attacks from their territory. Those allies have denounced Moscow\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are actually very, very close to direct military confrontation,\u201d said Dmitry Polyansky, Russia\u2019s envoy to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=10585\">Circus Vargas brings the \u2018Masquerade\u2019 show to Laguna Hills<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Vladimir Putin is facing a battlefield stalemate in Ukraine and growing war fatigue among Russians and looks to escalate fighting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-based-on-facts-either-observed-and-verified-directly-by-the-reporter-or-reported-and-verified-from-knowledgeable-sources","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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