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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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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday approved a 40-day operation to force the Russian Federation to end the war. He announced this on Facebook, adding that he had tasked the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) with carrying out the operation, with whose head Yevheniy Khmara he had held talks.

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The President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, approved a 40-day operation of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), with the stated purpose of forcing Moscow to negotiate the end of the war.

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With long-range drones, Ukraine is increasingly carrying Moscow's war of aggression to Russia. Kiev's secret services are playing an important role in this process.

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