Putin ‘sets sights on Sumy’ & Russia targets German speakers in search for cannon fodder

Putin ‘sets sights on Sumy’ & Russia targets German speakers in search for cannon fodder

Day 811.

Today, further to the fast-evolving situation on the front lines, we reflect on how Ukraine might win the war, the ‘theatrical’ nuclear weapons drills being carried out by Moscow, and look deeper on the political fault-lines of Central and Eastern Europe.



Contributors:

Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.

Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X.

James Kilner (Editor of the Central Asia & South Caucasus Bulletin). @jkjourno on X.

With thanks to RAZOM'S Melinda Haring (@melindaharing), Ania Soloveiua (@AnnaSoloveiua), and Daniel Solchanyk (@DanielSolchanyk).


To learn more about RAZOM's work, visit:

https://www.razomforukraine.org/


For their update on the Kharkiv humanitarian crisis, see:

https://www.razomforukraine.org/kharkiv-under-siege-evacuations-resistance-and-the-plight-of-vovchansk-and-lyptsi/



Articles Referenced:


Putin targets German speakers in Russia in search for cannon fodder (Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/19/putin-targets-germans-living-in-russia-in-search-for-troops/


Roland and Joe's In-Depth analysis of the Battle for Kharkiv (plus maps) -

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/16/russia-new-offensive-kharkiv-border-donbas-kyiv-ukraine/


Report on the Russian sanctuary created in Kharkiv (Institute for the Study of War):

https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/putins-safe-space-defeating-russias-kharkiv-operation-requires-eliminating-russias



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