Petraeus : “Ukraine is about to isolate Crimea”

Roman Sheremeta

July 28, 2026

Petraeus: The death zone in Ukraine extends 35 kilometers on either side of the front lines — defined by drone battery life. Tanks can’t survive. Armored vehicles can’t survive. Nothing can.

Neither side even drives vehicles anymore. Russians keep trying and keep proving it.

Petraeus: No trenches — drones fly through. Soldiers in survivability positions hundreds of meters apart, not mutually supporting. Resupplied by ground robots.

Commanders can’t visit the front line. Soldiers stay 60+ days. In urban areas, some couldn’t be extracted for months.

Petraeus: Russian advances mean individual soldiers running forward trying to dig in. Drone units pick them up immediately, cycle surveillance drones, then FPV attack drones arrive.

You see them hitting around the soldier in the woods until one connects. It doesn’t end well.

Petraeus: Ukraine is about to isolate Crimea. Gasoline so short they won’t sell it to civilians. Tourists who came for beaches are trying to get home any way they can.

Kerch Bridge rail no longer works. Ferries knocked out. Land bridges destroyed. Pontoon bridges now targeted.

Petraeus: Ukraine took down Russia’s air defenses steadily. Russia pulls them to Moscow — vulnerabilities open everywhere else. Moscow refinery hit three nights running, out at least six months.

They’re going after fuel storage, refineries, gas lines from Siberia to the west.

Petraeus: Real prospect now that Putin might need a cessation of hostilities himself. Oil sanctions reimposed, national welfare fund running out of money.

Crimea isolated, front lines cut off, economy crushed — all of this could force Putin to recognize he should end this war.

Source: text of Tymofiy Milovanov

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Washington, D.C.

Today, Zelenskyy is expected to meet with Trump at the White House in what will be one of the most closely watched diplomatic meetings of the year. The talks are expected to focus on strengthening Ukraine’s air defenses, expanding defense cooperation, increasing joint drone production, and maintaining pressure on russia through sanctions.

The meeting also comes as both leaders attend the funeral of Senator Lindsey Graham, one of Ukraine’s strongest supporters in the U.S. Congress, whose final legislative effort was a sweeping sanctions package targeting russia and countries helping finance its war.

The outcome of today’s meeting could have significant implications for future U.S. support for Ukraine and the broader trajectory of the war.

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On this day, July 28, four years ago, russia killed over 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war in Olenivka. It remains one of the most brutal crimes of this war.

Late in the evening of July 28, 2022, russian forces detonated explosives in one of the barracks at the penal colony in Olenivka, located in occupied Donetsk region.

More than 50 Ukrainian POWs from “Azovstal” were killed, and another 130 sustained injuries of varying severity.

Russia immediately blamed Ukraine for the attack — a lie that was later debunked by both Ukraine and the United Nations.

The Ukrainian government has adopted a resolution to annually commemorate July 28 as the Day of Remembrance for Ukraine’s defenders — including volunteer fighters and civilians — who were killed, tortured, or executed in captivity.

We will not forget.

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Ukraine’s national football team has officially moved its upcoming UEFA Nations League “home” matches from Poland to Slovakia.

The Ukrainian Football Association has not officially say why. But it is not difficult to guess after seeing a dramatic increase in xenophobia toward Ukrainians, including assaults, attacks, harassment, anti-Ukrainian political rhetoric, and growing hostility in public spaces.

For more than four years, millions of Ukrainians have shed blood defending not only their own country but also the security of Europe – including Poland. It is tragic that many now feel increasingly unwelcome in a country that was once a symbol of solidarity.