{"id":16231,"date":"2026-05-12T09:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T09:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=16231"},"modified":"2026-05-12T04:05:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T04:05:27","slug":"wsj-is-ukraine-turning-the-russian-tide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=16231","title":{"rendered":"WSJ: &#8220;Is Ukraine Turning the Russian Tide?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I suppose this can tie into this. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=16222\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Putin says Ukraine war coming to an end soon<\/a><\/strong> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"189\" height=\"148\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/putin-zelensky.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16232\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Vladimir Putin held a subdued Victory Day parade on Saturday in Moscow, with fewer missiles and other weapons that are an annual boast about Russia\u2019s military power. If it\u2019s true that Mr. Putin feared a long-range Ukrainian drone strike, it\u2019s one more sign that the tide may be turning against Russia after four long years of death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRussian forces are performing worse on the battlefield in Spring 2026 than when the Kremlin emphasized its demand for Donetsk Oblast in 2025,\u201d the Institute for the Study of War reported on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>********************<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russia has been making grinding progress in Ukraine\u2019s east for months, albeit at great cost in casualties. So it\u2019s significant if Ukrainian forces are reversing the trend. Ukraine\u2019s military says Russia suffered more than 35,000 casualties in April, dead or wounded, which if even close to true is also a growing toll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ISW says Ukraine is increasingly able to hit targets deep in Russia with drones and missiles. These include oil production facilities, arms caches and other military assets, as our Jillian Melchior reported Friday. This explains Mr. Putin\u2019s lack of confidence in exposing Russian assets in Red Square.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>***************************<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of this means this is a moment to increase support for Ukraine so it can keep the pressure on Russia. Only the prospect of greater losses and potential defeat will cause Mr. Putin to abandon his imperial ambitions in Ukraine\u2014and in Western Europe. That\u2019s the best way to end the war on honorable terms that secure peace and freedom for Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I suppose this can tie into this. Putin says Ukraine war coming to an end soon . Vladimir Putin held a subdued Victory Day parade on Saturday in Moscow, with fewer missiles and other weapons that are an annual boast about Russia\u2019s military power. If it\u2019s true that Mr. Putin feared a long-range Ukrainian drone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics-and-politics","category-international-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16231"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16233,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16231\/revisions\/16233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}