Russian military advance in Ukraine slows to a crawl

7 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 10

Russia has even lost ground in some areas, and at its average monthly pace this year would need more than three decades to capture all of Donbas.
The slowdown follows gains late last year, though Ukrainian officials say Moscow is intensifying operations across the front and preparing fresh offensives as summer conditions improve.
The battlefield’s heavy drone use has blunted large armoured assaults, undermining President Vladimir Putin’s claims that Russia is moving toward inevitable victory and pressuring Kyiv to cede Donbas.

With tanks and troops neutralized by drones, what kind of military breakthrough could actually end the war in Ukraine?

Putin claims victory is inevitable while his army falters. What is Russia's true endgame if it can't win militarily?