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Zelenskyy Orders 40-Day Offensive to Pressure Putin to End the War

The campaign targets Russian energy and logistics sites as Ukraine seeks to deepen fuel shortages and raise the cost of the war, officials said.

  • President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy approved a 40-day influence operation by the SBU against Russia, aimed at pressuring the Kremlin to end the war.
  • Zelenskyy authorized the plan following a report from Major General Yevhen Khmara, acting Head of the SSU, detailing the SSU Special Operations Center "Alpha" and its drone warfare contributions.
  • Striking Russian targets on the night of June 25, the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit an oil depot in Krasnodar Krai and the Skala-M radar system in occupied Kerch.
  • A fuel crisis has emerged across Russia amid intensifying attacks on oil refineries, with authorities in more than 20 regions imposing gasoline sales restrictions.
  • The SSU Special Operations Center "Alpha" demonstrates leadership in technological drone warfare, essential to protecting Ukraine's positions and stabilizing the front line.
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Ukraine has announced a 40-day operation to force Russia to end the war. According to Elizabeth Pierson, LCI correspondent in Ukraine, a way to support the "Ukrainian Moral". - Zelensky announces a "40-day operation against the aggressor state" and restores morale to Ukrainians (International).

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he has approved a 40-day operation by his secret service aimed at “forcing Russia to end the war.” That is intriguing, to say the least. But what might that operation entail? And does it have a chance of success, or is this rather bluff and propaganda? Five questions for political scientist Hendrik Vos (UGent). “This may be the moment for Ukraine to take decisive action.”

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Volodymyr Zelensky announced a new 40-day operation to push Russia to end the war, an announcement that comes in a difficult military context for Vladimir Putin's regime.

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5 канал broke the news in Kyiv, Ukraine on Thursday, June 25, 2026.
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