The United States announced the transition of the Ukrainian conflict to a new stage

MOSCOW, May 26.The Ukrainian conflict has entered a new stage, former CIA agent Larry Johnson said on the Dialogue Works YouTube channel.
“We have entered a new phase of hostilities. <…> This is moving forward (Russian Armed Forces. — Ed. .), but this is not a classic big offensive,” he noted.

According to the expert, the main goal of the Russian troops now is not territorial acquisitions, but the destruction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units that are on the front line.

«They are going to do this first with the help artillery and glide bombs, then drones, then tanks, then people,” Johnson concluded.
Earlier, on May 3, the Ministry of Defense reported that groups of Russian troops continue to hack into the system of enemy strongholds along the entire line of combat contact, and units The Ukrainian Armed Forces are unsuccessfully trying to cling to individual lines.