Date: Friday, 31 July 2026
https://ericzuesse.substack.com/p/the-ukraine-war-is-now-in-a-long-c20
https://theduran.com/the-ukraine-war-is-now-in-a-long-term-stalemate/
The Ukraine War Is Now In A Long-Term Stalemate.
31 July 2026, by Eric Zuesse. (All of my recent articles can be seen here.)
The war in Ukraine, which since 2014 has been controlled by the U.S. coup-imposed regime that Obama set up then with the goal being for the U.S. to use Ukraine (which has the nearest border to The Kremlin) so as to nuke The Kremlin a mere 5-minute missile-flight away, has now gotten even beyond what I had headlined about on July 23rd, “Ukraine’s U.S.-Engineered Drone War Against Russia Turned the Tide.” The great reporter on this war, Christopher Wanner, explained on July 31st, how and why this war (which until around November of 2024 had appeared to be almost certain to end in a win by Russia against America’s billionaires who are using Ukrainian canon fodder and the U.S. empire’s weapons and taxpayers to keep their war to capture Russia going to retain America’s — since 2014 — Ukrainian colony), is, in fact, now in a long-term stalemate. The war by U.S. billionaires to capture Russia — the world’s most natural-resources-rich nation — will just continue getting bloodier in both Ukraine and Russia. America’s mega-billionaires such as Elon Musk and Peter Thiel have successfully transformed this war-of-attrition into a long-term stalemate, until it finally, now in the long-term future, ends, either in the defeat of Russia or in the defeat of America. Wanner has explained how this situation came about:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU18EbCfK4g
31 July 2026, Die Welt
Russia has once again reported Ukrainian drone attacks deep within its own borders. According to WELT correspondent Christoph Wanner, Ukraine is repeatedly managing to overcome Russian air defense systems and hit logistics centers, refineries, and other militarily important infrastructure. Wanner explains why.
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In another Russian
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air strike on Ukraine, three
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people were killed and at least ten
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injured. The missiles struck
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a food processing plant in the city
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of Pavlohrad. Last night,
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NATO member Romania scrambled
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two fighter jets as a precaution
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after detecting aerial objects near
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the Ukrainian border.
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Residents in the border district
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of Tulcea were also warned. Meanwhile,
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US President Donald Trump stated
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he was unsure whether he would
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allow Ukraine to build
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Patriot missiles.
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But conversely, Ukraine has also
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been repeatedly attacking targets in
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the Russian heartland for weeks—
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primarily logistics centers.
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For more on why the Russians have
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little to counter this, here is our
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correspondent Christoph Wanner from Kyiv.
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Once again, Ukrainian
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long-range drones have made it
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into the Russian heartland.
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Once again, at least some of them
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have succeeded in penetrating
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Russian air defense systems.
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And once again, a logistics center
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belonging to the Russian online retailer
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Wildberries is burning—this time
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in Volgograd. I ask myself the question:
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Why can't the Russians manage
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to reliably intercept
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Ukrainian long-range drones? In this regard,
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I came across a report—a very
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interesting one, I think—from the
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Kremlin-critical Russian
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news portal
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*Redaktia*, where experts explain
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the Ukrainian successes.
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First, it must be said that Russia is a
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vast country—the largest nation by land area
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on Earth—and that there are
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critical sites scattered across
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virtually its entire territory;
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that is, locations that might be
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targets of interest for the Ukrainians—refineries,
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weapons manufacturing plants, or major
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logistics hubs.
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And the Russians simply do not possess
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enough air defense systems to protect
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all these critical sites.
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It is also often the case that the
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Ukrainians launch a large number of drones
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simultaneously, and after
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a certain amount of time, the Russian
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air defense systems have exhausted their
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ammunition—
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and then, well, some drones
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are able to get past
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these depleted air defense systems. Furthermore, the
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Ukrainians possess intelligence
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and satellite reconnaissance data
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thanks to Western partners [such as Musk and Thiel], allowing them to see
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quite precisely where the Russian
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air defense systems are located. Consequently,
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it often happens that the Ukrainians simply
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fly around these
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Russian air defense systems.
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Moving on: the Ukrainian drones—
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specifically the long-range ones—
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are relatively small, made of plastic,
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and typically feature engines that emit
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very little heat. As a result,
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Russian radar systems struggle
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to detect these Ukrainian drones
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in time. Moreover,
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these Ukrainian drones fly
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at very low altitudes—often just a few
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meters above the treetops. This, too,
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makes it difficult for the Russians
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to spot the drones in time. And then it
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often happens that the drones suddenly
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appear at critical points—
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seemingly out of nowhere—and
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the Russian mobile fire units tasked
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with protecting these critical locations—
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such as logistics centers,
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weapons production facilities, or
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refineries—are completely
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caught off guard, having absolutely
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no time to react, and by then
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it has usually already happened. That is,
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in broad terms, how the Ukrainians'
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successes can be explained. Naturally, the Russians
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are trying to do something about it, but—at least for the
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moment—without much
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success. This is demonstrated by the
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constant strikes the Ukrainians are scoring
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within the Russian heartland. Deep inside the Russian
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heartland.
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Wenner’s four-minute explanation of why what, on 30 January 2025, I had called this “turnabout” in the U.S.-v.-Russia war, is likely to last far longer than either side had been expecting. The war that Obama had started will probably not end while Trump is in the White House. There will be millions more dead on both sides before this war will end.
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Investigative historian Eric Zuesse’s latest book, AMERICA’S EMPIRE OF EVIL: Hitler’s Posthumous Victory, and Why the Social Sciences Need to Change, is about how America took over the world after World War II in order to enslave it to U.S.-and-allied billionaires. Their cartels extract the world’s wealth by control of not only their ‘news’ media but the social ‘sciences’ — duping the public.
