Zelenskiy confirmed Ukrainian strikes on port oil infrastructure and on Kronstadt, described as a military target over 850km from Ukraine.
WHY THIS MATTERS · This matters because Russia has resumed hitting Ukraine's grid substations heading into a war-strained year and just opened a new front across the Oskil river near Kupiansk, threatening both civilian heat and a fresh Ukrainian defensive collapse.
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""Ukraine's defence forces struck port oil infrastructure that generates revenue for Russia's war, and also hit Kronstadt, an important military target more than 850 km from Ukraine's state border,""
"President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine had successfully hit oil infrastructure in the port as well as military targets around the Kronstadt naval base."
"the President of Ukraine , Volodymyr Zelensky , confirmed via Telegram that the Ukrainian armed forces conducted a long-range operation against targets in the region of St. Petersburg . According to Zelensky , the Ukrainian forces struck oil installations at the port of St. Petersburg , as well as m"
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- Russian forces established a bridgehead on the east bank of the Oskil river north of Kupiansk
- Strikes on Ukrainian transmission substations resumed on Jun 26 after a five-week pause
- Russian Shahed-type drone output has reached roughly 190 airframes per week
- Neither side retains the capacity for a decisive offensive before autumn
- The EU approved a fourteenth military-assistance tranche including long-range strike systems