{"id":152,"date":"2026-05-29T20:17:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T20:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=152"},"modified":"2026-05-29T20:17:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T20:17:24","slug":"a-big-week-for-ukraines-forgotten-war-with-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=152","title":{"rendered":"A Big Week for Ukraine\u2019s Forgotten War With Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine may have dipped out of the headlines \u2013 pushed by competition from inflation, the conflict with Iran and the beginning of America\u2019s midterm election season. But the largest land war in Europe since 1945 is still going on. And it\u2019s been an eventful week.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=150\">Trump Administration Wants to Raise North American Auto Content to 82%, With Half From US<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Peace talks have gone nowhere. The front lines aren\u2019t moving much. Russia has been <u>pounding civilian targets<\/u>, notably in Kyiv. Neither side appears ready to bend in their contest of wills.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>But the conflict is evolving despite the battlefield stalemate. Here are four recent developments of note:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2><b>Russia Threatens Diplomats<\/b><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>On Monday, Russia\u2019s foreign ministry promised renewed strikes on targets in Kyiv and <u>warned foreign citizens<\/u>, including international diplomats, \u201cto leave the city as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov later underlined Moscow\u2019s ominous message in a telephone call with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, citing plans for \u201csystematic and sustained strikes\u201d on \u201crelevant decision-making centers\u201d in Ukraine, the foreign ministry said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cLavrov drew his counterpart\u2019s attention to the Foreign Ministry statement of May 25, which advised that the United States and other countries with representative offices in Kiev ensure the evacuation of their diplomatic personnel and other citizens from the capital of Ukraine,\u201d the ministry <u>said in a statement<\/u>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>After Germany, France, Spain, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Estonia and the European Commission summoned Russian ambassadors to protest, Moscow was, if anything, more explicit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;The EU has said it will maintain its diplomatic presence in Kyiv unchanged, despite Russia&#8217;s warnings,\u201d Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chair of the Russian Security Council, <u>said on social media<\/u>. \u201cApparently they&#8217;ve got diplomats to spare and need to trim the headcount.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Foreign diplomats based in Kyiv are well aware of the dangers of working in a war zone. But any deliberate targeting of embassy staff would be a major escalation of this conflict.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2><b>A Mountain of Russian Dead<\/b><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>One fact has become clear in the Russian offensive, which began in 2014 with the annexation of Crimea and expanded dramatically in 2022: Russian President Vladimir Putin is willing to see his soldiers die. But that notion is being tested like never before. A senior British intelligence official <u>said Wednesday<\/u> that \u201calmost half a million Russian soldiers have been killed since the conflict began.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=148\">US Travel Group Warns Closing Newark Airport to International Travel Could Cost $8 Billion Annually<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The official, Anne Keast-Butler, is director of GCHQ, the British electronic surveillance agency. She did not elaborate. If accurate, that would be the heaviest loss of life for any major world power in a single conflict since World War II.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2><b>\u2018Gray-Zone\u2019 Russian Warfare<\/b><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>One other notable aspect of Keast-Butler\u2019s remarks was her warning that Moscow is increasingly waging a campaign against Europe \u201cin the gray zone between peace and war.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cRussia is scaling up its daily hybrid activity against the U.K. and Europe, stretching from the seabed to cyberspace \u2013 relentlessly targeting critical infrastructure, democratic processes, supply chains and public trust,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re also disrupting Russia\u2019s attempts to smuggle Western tech, fending off its cyberattacks and countering reckless sabotage and assassination attempts,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2><b>On Your Own Against Drones<\/b><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Four years ago, conventional wisdom held that Ukraine was mounting a plucky, inventive defense against Russian invaders but could hold out only so long. Today, Russia\u2019s government is telling its banks that it\u2019s up to them to defend themselves against Ukrainian drone attacks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Russia\u2019s parliament has passed a law that permits its central bank and other financial institutions to arm themselves to fend off drone attacks, <u>Reuters reported<\/u>. The head of the financial committee in Russia\u2019s lower house, the Duma, was quoted as saying the institutions would foot the bill for their drone defense, Reuters said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>On Wednesday, Ukraine <u>struck a Russian central bank office<\/u> in Crimea with a missile, starting a fire.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Few things better capture the state of the war in 2026 than Russia\u2019s inability to protect its central bank. But this also highlights how the conflict in Ukraine has opened up the future of war, with cheap, easily made drones becoming <u>a weapon of choice<\/u>, even against superpowers.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=146\">Kenyan Court Orders Suspension of US Plan for Ebola Quarantine Facility<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia is publicly threatening European diplomats and British intelligence offers a shocking new Russian casualty estimate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,8,58,64,122],"class_list":["post-152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-u-s-news-decision-points","tag-russia","tag-sign-in-to-manage-your-newsletters","tag-ukraine","tag-vladimir-putin","tag-world-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Big Week for Ukraine\u2019s Forgotten War With Russia - Office Moving America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=152\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Big Week for Ukraine\u2019s Forgotten War With Russia - Office Moving America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Russia is publicly threatening European diplomats and British intelligence offers a shocking new Russian casualty estimate.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=152\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Office Moving America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-29T20:17:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/officemovingamerica.com\\\/?p=152#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/officemovingamerica.com\\\/?p=152\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/officemovingamerica.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/953f33efe585ac76cdf8428d434d3061\"},\"headline\":\"A Big Week for Ukraine\u2019s Forgotten War With Russia\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-29T20:17:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/officemovingamerica.com\\\/?p=152\"},\"wordCount\":735,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/officemovingamerica.com\\\/?p=152#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/officemovingamerica.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/7564b54c38b5c217d67441e96663d08a.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Russia\",\"Sign in to manage your newsletters \u00bb\",\"Ukraine\",\"Vladimir Putin\",\"world news\"],\"articleSection\":[\"U.S. News Decision Points\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/officemovingamerica.com\\\/?p=152#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/officemovingamerica.com\\\/?p=152\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/officemovingamerica.com\\\/?p=152\",\"name\":\"A Big Week for Ukraine\u2019s Forgotten War With Russia - Office Moving America\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/officemovingamerica.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/officemovingamerica.com\\\/?p=152#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/officemovingamerica.com\\\/?p=152#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/officemovingamerica.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/7564b54c38b5c217d67441e96663d08a.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-29T20:17:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/officemovingamerica.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/953f33efe585ac76cdf8428d434d3061\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/officemovingamerica.com\\\/?p=152#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/officemovingamerica.com\\\/?p=152\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/officemovingamerica.com\\\/?p=152#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/officemovingamerica.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/7564b54c38b5c217d67441e96663d08a.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/officemovingamerica.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/7564b54c38b5c217d67441e96663d08a.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":683,\"caption\":\"TOPSHOT - A woman walks along a smoke-filled road beside heavily damaged buildings following Russian strikes in Kyiv on May 24, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A large ballistic missile attack pounded Kyiv early on May 24, authorities said, wounding at least five people after Moscow threatened retaliation for strikes in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine. (Photo by Roman PILIPEY \\\/ AFP via Getty Images)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/officemovingamerica.com\\\/?p=152#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/officemovingamerica.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A Big Week for Ukraine\u2019s Forgotten War With Russia\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/officemovingamerica.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/officemovingamerica.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Office Moving America\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/officemovingamerica.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/officemovingamerica.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/953f33efe585ac76cdf8428d434d3061\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/officemovingamerica.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/officemovingamerica.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A Big Week for Ukraine\u2019s Forgotten War With Russia - Office Moving America","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=152","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A Big Week for Ukraine\u2019s Forgotten War With Russia - Office Moving America","og_description":"Russia is publicly threatening European diplomats and British intelligence offers a shocking new Russian casualty estimate.","og_url":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=152","og_site_name":"Office Moving America","article_published_time":"2026-05-29T20:17:24+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=152#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=152"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/#\/schema\/person\/953f33efe585ac76cdf8428d434d3061"},"headline":"A Big Week for Ukraine\u2019s Forgotten War With Russia","datePublished":"2026-05-29T20:17:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=152"},"wordCount":735,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=152#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7564b54c38b5c217d67441e96663d08a.jpg","keywords":["Russia","Sign in to manage your newsletters \u00bb","Ukraine","Vladimir Putin","world news"],"articleSection":["U.S. News Decision Points"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=152#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=152","url":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=152","name":"A Big Week for Ukraine\u2019s Forgotten War With Russia - Office Moving America","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=152#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=152#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7564b54c38b5c217d67441e96663d08a.jpg","datePublished":"2026-05-29T20:17:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/#\/schema\/person\/953f33efe585ac76cdf8428d434d3061"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=152#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=152"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=152#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7564b54c38b5c217d67441e96663d08a.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7564b54c38b5c217d67441e96663d08a.jpg","width":1024,"height":683,"caption":"TOPSHOT - A woman walks along a smoke-filled road beside heavily damaged buildings following Russian strikes in Kyiv on May 24, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A large ballistic missile attack pounded Kyiv early on May 24, authorities said, wounding at least five people after Moscow threatened retaliation for strikes in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine. (Photo by Roman PILIPEY \/ AFP via Getty Images)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=152#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A Big Week for Ukraine\u2019s Forgotten War With Russia"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/","name":"Office Moving America","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/#\/schema\/person\/953f33efe585ac76cdf8428d434d3061","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/officemovingamerica.com"],"url":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}