Zelensky announced new long-range operations after meeting with Drapatyi and Khmara

Following the meeting with the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Mykhailo Drapatyi, and Defense Minister Yevhen Khmara, Zelensky said in his Telegram channel that he had approved new long-range operations in response to Russian strikes. He also wrote that Ukraine is preparing to expand its long-range capabilities.

He did not provide any other details about the planned actions. At the end of June 2026, Zelensky had already announced a 40-day “influence operation” against Russia aimed at “prompting the aggressor state to end the war”.

According to the same report, after that Ukraine attacked at least 20 Wildberries warehouses, at least 25 oil refineries, and other oil and gas infrastructure facilities. In response, Russia intensified ballistic strikes on Ukraine.

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