{"id":7237,"date":"2026-06-12T16:35:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/ukraine-reclaims-territory-as-it-doubles-attacks-on-russian-logistics\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T16:35:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:35:28","slug":"ukraine-reclaims-territory-as-it-doubles-attacks-on-russian-logistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/ukraine-reclaims-territory-as-it-doubles-attacks-on-russian-logistics\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine reclaims territory as it doubles attacks on Russian logistics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Ukraine said it reclaimed more of its territory than it lost during May, reversing a Russian trend of monthly net gains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ratio of liberated and lost territories is almost 100 square kilometres (40 square miles) in our favour,\u201d wrote Ukrainian commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskii on his Telegram messaging channel.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 4 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/10\/ukrainian-drones-strike-sevastopol-museum-and-key-russian-oil-refineries\">Ukraine strikes occupied Mariupol port, Russia\u2019s key oil refineries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/longform\/2026\/6\/10\/baltic-states-fear-russia-ukraine-war-spillover-after-drone-incursions\">\u2018People on edge\u2019: Baltic states fear Russia-Ukraine war spillover<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2026\/6\/10\/ukraine-made-flamingo-missile-hits-target-900-km-inside-russia\">Ukraine-made \u2018Flamingo\u2019 missile hits target 900 km inside Russia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 4 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/12\/three-killed-as-ukraine-and-russia-exchange-cross-border-attacks\">Three killed as Ukraine and Russia exchange cross-border attacks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Ukrainian defence news outlet Militarnyi estimated net gains slightly higher, at 120 sq km (46 sq miles), citing sources within the military. Militarnyi said Russia seized 130 sq km (50 sq miles) and lost 250 sq km (100 sq miles) during the month.<\/p>\n<p>The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank using open source geolocated information, assessed Ukrainian gains higher still, saying Russia had seized or infiltrated 40 sq km (15 sq miles) in May but lost control of about 280 sq km (108 sq miles).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4642809\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4642809\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/INTERACTIVE-WHO-CONTROLS-WHAT-IN-UKRAINE-1781084256.png?quality=80\" alt=\"INTERACTIVE-WHO CONTROLS WHAT IN UKRAINE-1780491991\" data-interactive=\"true\" fetchpriority=\"low\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4642809\">(Al Jazeera)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The ISW believed Ukraine actually reversed Russian gains in April, when it estimated Moscow\u2019s gains at 28 sq km (11 sq miles) of Ukrainian land and lost 116 sq km (45 sq miles).<\/p>\n<p>The ISW\u2019s assessments suggest Ukrainian gains are growing.<\/p>\n<p>Syrskii said Ukraine reclaimed 600 sq km (230 sq miles) during the first five months of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>However, Russia was successful on one part of the front<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian military observer Kostyantyn Mashovets reported on June 10 that Russian forces had advanced into eastern Konstiantynivka, the southernmost of a \u201cfortress belt\u201d of four cities in the eastern region of Donetsk. Russian forces first infiltrated parts of the city last October, and now hold about 13 percent of it, said the ISW.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4642812\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4642812\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/INTERACTIVE-WHO-CONTROLS-WHAT-IN-EASTERN-UKRAINE-copy-1781084276.png?quality=80\" alt=\"INTERACTIVE-WHO CONTROLS WHAT IN EASTERN UKRAINE copy-1780491964\" data-interactive=\"true\" fetchpriority=\"low\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4642812\">(Al Jazeera)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin has prioritised the capture of the remaining one-fifth of Donetsk he does not possess, but his set deadlines to achieve this have been missed several times.<\/p>\n<p>Putin may be putting out feelers for potential ceasefire talks. Although on June 5 he rejected a call from Zelenskyy for direct talks, Zelenskyy said he had met with Russian oligarch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2025\/12\/17\/uk-warns-abramovich-to-give-chelsea-sale-cash-to-ukraine-or-face-court\">Roman Abramovich<\/a> who acted as Putin\u2019s intermediary.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mid-range-attacks-devastate-russian-logistics\">Mid-range attacks devastate Russian logistics<\/h2>\n<p>Ukraine says its battlefield achievements are thanks to a strategy of disrupting Russian supply lines by striking fuel and ammunition in warehouses and in transit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe logistical lockdown is working,\u201d said Ukrainian Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov. \u201cThe number of hits on enemy targets at a distance of over 50km (30 miles) from the (frontline) has doubled,\u201d he said, comparing May to April.<\/p>\n<p>Syrskii put the May total at almost 2,000 strikes.<\/p>\n<p>The effects of Ukraine\u2019s strategy have begun to build up.<\/p>\n<p>Weeks of attacks in the southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhia reduced Russian military traffic by more than 70 percent along the M-14 motorway, the main east-west route, said Robert Brovdi, commander of Ukraine\u2019s Unmanned Systems Forces.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4642815\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4642815\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/INTERACTIVE-WHO-CONTROLS-WHAT-IN-SOUTHERN-UKRAINE-1781084299.png?quality=80\" alt=\"INTERACTIVE-WHO CONTROLS WHAT IN SOUTHERN UKRAINE-1781084299\" data-interactive=\"true\" fetchpriority=\"low\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4642815\">(Al Jazeera)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On June 7, regional authorities prohibited traffic along the M-14 altogether, Brovdi said.<\/p>\n<p>That forced Russian planners to route more supplies along two highways that reach Kherson and Zaporizhia, via Crimea \u2013 the E105 and E97.<\/p>\n<p>The following day, Ukraine struck a bridge that shoulders the E105 over the Chonhar Strait, leaving only the E97 passable. On June 9, as about 50 Russian fuel and ammunition trucks were routed to the E97, Ukrainian forces ambushed and destroyed some of them at Armyansk, commander Dmitry Filatov told Suspilne Radio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis operation would not have been possible if other units had not struck at Mariupol and the road to Berdyansk,\u201d Filatov said, referring to the mainland routes. \u201cThis is what led to the units stationed in the Hulyaipil direction starting to be supplied, not via the Mariupol highways, but via Crimea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Civilians in Crimea have faced severe fuel shortages as a result of Ukrainian strikes, and these became dramatically worse in the past week.<\/p>\n<p>On June 7, Sevastopol occupation governor Mikhail Razvozhaev rationed fuel to 20 litres per car per day. He later changed that to 20 litres per week.<\/p>\n<p>Shortages were reportedly forcing troop evacuations from some outlying positions.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/1\/22\/the-crimean-tatar-group-seeking-systemic-collapse-of-russian-army\">Ukrainian underground group Atesh<\/a>, which operates in Crimea, said Russian units were abandoning their positions on the Kinburn Spit because they were running out of food and fuel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will create conditions under which it will be extremely difficult for military personnel and defence industry workers to remain in Crimea, in the temporarily occupied territories, or to use the routes leading to them,\u201d Brovdi told Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Although Russia\u2019s air force continues to command the skies over eastern Ukraine and to drop large ordnance there, Ukraine\u2019s own figures suggest its drone superiority is the more effective tool.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian short-and medium-range drones hit 180,000 targets in May, said Syrskii, 12.7 percent more than in April.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian defenders are also reportedly becoming more adept at shooting down Russian Shahed drones with their own interceptor drones. Although Russia launched 25 percent more Shaheds in May compared to April, shoot-downs increased by 50 percent to about 4,000, said Fedorov,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/zedigital\/6813\">Fedorov<\/a> expected a step-change in Shahed elimination once a new generation of interceptor goes into full production which \u201cautomates 95 percent of the entire interception process\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond these mid-range strikes, Ukraine has also continued a successful long-range strike campaign that has devastated Russian refineries, oil depots and offloading terminals, reducing Russian oil production and export revenue.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"russian-recruitment-is-low\">Russian recruitment is low<\/h2>\n<p>Aware of the Ukrainian drone threat, Russia has created unmanned systems units of its own but appears to be having trouble manning them.<\/p>\n<p>Since the beginning of the year, 14,500 people have signed contracts to serve in these units, about 21 percent of the annual recruitment target, said Syrskii. Overall, Ukraine has killed or wounded 12,500 more troops than Russia has been able to recruit this year, he said.<\/p>\n<p>That is both because casualty figures have been rising since last autumn there \u2013 Ukraine estimated 31,500 Russian casualties in May \u2013 and because Moscow\u2019s recruitment has been falling, despite increased bonuses to sign-up.<\/p>\n<p>Russian opposition source Vazhnye Istorii said 71,200 people had been paid enlistment bonuses in the first quarter of 2026 according to budget data, compared to almost 90,000 in the first quarter of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>It estimated that recruitment in 2025 was already 10 percent lower than in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine said it reclaimed more of its territory than it lost during May, reversing a Russian trend of monthly net gains. \u201cThe ratio of liberated and lost territories is almost 100 square kilometres (40 square miles) in our favour,\u201d wrote Ukrainian commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskii on his Telegram messaging channel. 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