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Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) says its Alpha unit struck the Vtorovo oil pumping station in Russia’s Vladimir region with drones—the second attack on the facility this month—disrupting diesel shipments to Moscow via the Moscow Ring Oil Product Pipeline and Baltic ports; the operation is part of a 40‑day Zelensky‑backed campaign to pressure Russia to end the war.
President Zelenskyy approved a 40-day SBU operation to pressure Russia to end the war, highlighting long- and mid-range drone strikes and sanctions, with Kyiv targeting Moscow and occupied Crimea while warning Belarus and aiming to isolate the Crimean peninsula.
President Zelensky approved a 40-day Security Service of Ukraine operation to pressure Russia to end the war, backed by a plan for long- and mid-range strikes and the Alpha unit’s drone-driven battlefield gains as Kyiv expands targets including Russia’s oil sector.
Zelensky says Ukraine’s Security Service has approved a 40-day influence operation against Russia aimed at pressuring an end to the war, following a briefing with SBU head Yevhen Khmara. He referenced plans for long- and medium-range sanctions and highlighted the Alpha Center’s front-line results, while offering few specifics. The SBU is also involved in drone strikes on Russian territory as Moscow grapples with a fuel shortage tied to refinery attacks.
Zelensky said he approved a 40-day, SBU-led influence operation to press Russia to end the war, with few details released. He praised the SBU and its Alpha unit for recent strikes against Russian personnel and equipment and noted Kyiv’s broader drone and infrastructure campaigns in Crimea and Moscow as part of pressuring Moscow. The move follows a string of Ukrainian actions that have disrupted Russian logistics and energy facilities; the United States reportedly views Kyiv’s actions favorably, and Trump privately urged Zelensky to act more boldly. Russia has rejected peace talks.
Ukraine’s Security Service says an R-60 missile, used on a modified Geran-2 drone in an April attack on Chernihiv Oblast, contained depleted-uranium projectiles (U-235 and U-238). Gamma radiation levels near the unexploded warhead were measured at about 12 micro-Sieverts per hour. The SBU recovered the warhead and moved it to a radioactive-waste facility, citing the health hazards of depleted uranium and warning citizens to avoid debris. Investigators have opened a pre-trial war-crimes probe under Article 438, overseen by the Chernihiv regional prosecutor.
Ukraine says it deployed jet-powered and winged drones—RS-1 Bars, Firepoint FP-1, and Bars-SM Gladiator—to strike Moscow region targets over the weekend, hitting the Angstrom microelectronics plant in Zelenograd and the Solnechnogorskaya pumping station to disrupt Russia’s war effort; Russia reports casualties and says some hits were from drone debris, while Western reporters describe the operation as among the largest into Russia, with additional Ukrainian strikes across Donetsk, Kherson and Kharkiv regions and related NATO-border drone incidents.
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) says it struck the Lukoil-Permnefteorgsintez refinery and a nearby pumping station in Perm, Russia—more than 1,500 km from Ukraine—marking the refinery’s third strike. The attack reportedly caused a fire at a primary oil processing unit and damaged a storage tank, part of Kyiv’s broader effort to disrupt Russia’s fuel supply and military logistics.
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) conducted a large overnight strike in occupied Crimea, targeting the Black Sea Fleet’s assets in Sevastopol and Belbek, destroying a MiG-31 at Belbek, and damaging the Yamal and Filchenkov landing ships as well as the Ivan Khurs reconnaissance ship, while hitting radar and air-defense facilities to degrade Russia’s air and naval capabilities in the peninsula.
Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) says its Alpha special forces struck three Russian Navy ships in occupied Crimea—the Yamal and Azov and a third vessel—plus damaged drone-communications, a Mys-M1 radar, and fuel depots, as part of a broader effort to weaken Russia’s logistics and military presence on the peninsula.
Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine’s ex-army chief and now ambassador to Britain, says there is a deep rift with President Zelenskyy over how to defend the country, recounting a 2022 SBU raid he calls intimidation and criticizing the handling of the 2023 counteroffensive; though he avoids overt political campaigning, polls have him as Zelenskyy’s top challenger, with analysts noting his distance from daily decision‑making could affect national unity in wartime.
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) says its Alpha unit conducted two long-range drone strikes inside Russia, hitting the Tamannaftogaz oil terminal in the Krasnodar region and the Metafrax Chemicals plant in Perm that produces components for explosives, as part of Kyiv’s broader campaign to disrupt Russia’s energy and military supply chains. Moscow has not publicly commented, while official Russian data claim high drone activity against Ukraine.
An 18-year-old Ukrainian girl from Mykolaiv was recruited via Telegram to carry a bomb-like package for $2,500, illustrating Russia’s use of social media to recruit vulnerable youths for sabotage as part of hybrid warfare; Ukrainian authorities say many such cases involve under-18s, the SBU foiled the plot, and she faces terrorism charges while awaiting trial.
Ukraine’s SBU released FPV footage claiming its Alpha unit’s long-range drone strikes destroyed more than $1 billion worth of Russian aircraft (11 fighter-bombers, 3 helicopters, 1 transport), plus strikes on a Taganrog drone factory and other military targets. The report sits amid broader Ukrainian actions against oil depots and military sites and ongoing Russian attacks, including a deadly train assault in Kharkiv Oblast and extensive casualty tallies.
Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) says it struck the Atlant Aero drone plant in Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, triggering a large blaze and explosions and destroying production lines for Orion drones and related systems; the agency says the attack will curb UAV output and weaken Russia's drone-based reconnaissance and strike capabilities, though Kyiv Independent could not verify the claims. The strike is described as part of Kyiv's broader long-range, deep-strike campaign against Russian targets.