Terrified Putin threatens to strike central Kyiv ...
Russian foreign ministry began a campaign of threats, demanding that foreign embassies evacuate personnel from Kyiv, threatening “devastating strikes” against the city centre.
“Let’s hit the centres where decisions are made” was the mantra of Russian TV war-mongers for years, saying that Russia was “too kind” and needed to use “its full force.”
Experts say there is a major change of tides in the war, with Ukraine capturing the initiative at the front and slowly suffocating Russia’s ability to wage the war with strikes against Russian refineries, ports, and military-industrial plants. The Russian logistics at the front is under immense stress and the Russian troops are approaching the breaking point because of losses and cutoff from the supply routes.
At the same time, Russian elites are no longer content with the way things are deteriorating—there is a chorus of discontented voices, saying that Putin isn’t leading Russia to victory.
That’s the situation in which Putin ordered to strike central Kyiv on the night of May 23–24, 2026—the strike that caused deaths of 2 people and left over 70 people wounded.
The Kremlin called it “retaliation” for a strike on a college dormitory in occupied Luhansk (where in reality Russian drone pilots were trained).
Of course, the strike of central Kyiv was not “a retaliation”—Putin simply has no moves left.
His generals likely suggested “the attack on command centers,” saying this would make the Ukrainians panic and could convince the Europeans to stop supporting Ukraine.
(By “command centers” the Russians mean buildings that host the Ukrainian government in Kyiv.)
Russian foreign minister Lavrov even called U.S. Secretary of State Rubio, saying the U.S. must evacuate its personnel and American citizens from Ukraine.
The Ukrainians are living under Russia’s missile attacks for 4.5 years.
The first strikes by Russia against the Ukrainian cities in 2022 included as many as 200 ballistic and cruise missiles, which Ukraine had barely any means to intercept.
Now, Russian attacks face a much more sophisticated air defence in Ukraine, with Patriot systems capable of intercepting ballistic and hypersonic missiles.
What is really happening:
- Putin refuses to give up on waging the war, insisting that “the victory is near.”
- The Russian generals can’t oppose him and can only propose plans that could potentially achieve the goals that Putin sets for them.
- Putin has to accept their plans—because otherwise, the generals will just shrug and say, “well, you refused to do what we said needed to be done…”
The fact that Putin is now threatening to strike central Kyiv—and making a huge fuss about it (as if they haven’t been doing it for 4.5 years) shows the level of desperation faced by the Russian military command and political leadership.
“Russia again threatens diplomats and foreigners, urging us to leave Kyiv. But we are not going anywhere!” posted Katarina Mathernova, Ambassador of the European Union to Ukraine.
“Russia wants fear. Panic. Isolation of Ukraine. It will not work,” stated the EU Ambassador.
”Europe is not going anywhere. We stay in Kyiv. We stay with Ukraine. 🇺🇦🤝🇪🇺”
Putin is a sad, old man.
His underlings are not evil geniuses.
They are scared, broken people, despondently trying to pretend they can’t see the abyss they are facing.
Peak desperation.
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