In late June, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy initiated a 40-day campaign targeting Russian military and logistical sites to influence Russia’s war efforts. The operation marks a significant escalation in Ukraine’s offensive strategy.
The campaign includes strikes on Russian-occupied territories and major cities like Moscow and St Petersburg, aiming to disrupt supply lines and create strategic pressure. This approach reflects a shift in Ukraine’s tactics amid ongoing conflict.
On 26 June, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, announced that he was ordering Ukraine’s state security service to launch a 40-day campaign against Russian targets aimed at “influencing the aggressor state in order to compel it to end to the war”.
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Since then, Kyiv has sharply escalated attacks on Russia under the aegis of a series of overlapping operations striking key supply lines in Ukraine’s Russian-occupied territories, including Crimea, and striking Moscow and St Petersburg in a series of high-profile long-range missile attacks, triggering a fuel crisis.
Three weeks in to the 40-day campaign, as it becomes clearer what it involves, how successful has it been and what does the operation say about the future course of the war?
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