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War today, Kyiv (2026)

14/06/2026

Breaking: Russians prepare for hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian long-range drones: "Air defense won't cope"

The truth about the war against Ukraine broke through on Russian state radio station Komsomolskaya Pravda. Military analyst Igor Korotchenko admitted that the war has reached a dead end: the advance of the Russian Armed Forces has stalled, and Russia is on the brink of massive drone strikes.
Korotchenko noted that Russia, while still maintaining the "strategic initiative" on the front, is not in a position to attack. "The new realities of modern warfare: complete transparency on the battlefield, with 5-7 enemy drones for every one of our fighters. Under these conditions, advancement is only possible in small combat groups of 3 to 5 people, which is what we're seeing, which is why the pace of advancement is what it is," stated the Z-analyst. The program's host, commenting on his words, clarified that the pace of the Russian offensive is "almost nonexistent."
After this, Korotchenko began warning the Russians that Ukrainian strikes against Russia's rear would increase in the near future. He stated that Russian air defenses would be unable to counter this threat. "You see, time is against us.
The scenario of forced military action is, to put it mildly, absolutely unnecessary and unacceptable to us. It's a war of attrition... A number of European countries are planning the production of long-range drones. This means that in just 8-9 months, Ukraine will be receiving hundreds of thousands of long-range attack drones of the same type as fixed-wing aircraft. Under these conditions, no air defense system will be able to fulfill its missions," the Z-analyst stated.
Media previously reported that missiles would soon be launched en masse against Russia. Z-channel warned that Ukraine was preparing for Russia. The major Z-channel Lpr 1 of Russian propagandists with an audience of 900,000 subscribers is sounding the alarm and reporting that Ukrainian attacks on the Russian rear have already reached an unprecedented scale, but will only intensify in the future. The author publishes a worrying forecast for Russia: drone attacks will intensify "everywhere," and soon they will be joined by frequent missile strikes. He estimates that not only frontline areas and Crimea, but also Russia's deep rear, will be at risk. "Our opinion is shared by all our loved ones, friends, acquaintances, and colleagues. Drone strikes will intensify everywhere. Frequent missile attacks will soon be added to them," the Russians write. The channel directly reports that Ukraine will begin targeting bridges, major highways, fuel trucks, trains, buses, and truck stops. It also notes that the hunt for fuel logistics, already visible in Crimea and border regions, could spread to key Russian routes. At the same time, the authors complain that Russia is striking "in response" rather than preemptively, while Ukrainian infrastructure and important transport arteries remain undamaged. It's telling that such assessments are no longer coming from Ukrainian analysts, but from the pro-Russian segment. Even there, they're beginning to acknowledge that Ukraine's strategy of targeting logistics, fuel, and rear-echelon routes is becoming a systemic problem for Russia.

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14/06/2026

Breaking: Ukraine is inflicting increasingly devastating blows on Russian infrastructure

As reported on June 3, a thick column of black smoke rose over the port of St. Petersburg. Just three days later, Ukraine struck again, blowing up a nearby oil storage facility and a naval base. The head of the regional administration called it an
"unprecedented" attack, according to The Economist.
"The previous strike on Tuapse, a major Russian oil export hub, followed a similar pattern. First, the marine terminal caught fire. Then, a second strike caused an oil spill. Ukraine launched two more strikes, including one on the main oil refinery," the report noted. Such attacks by Ukraine bring the war closer to ordinary Russians far from the front lines. They demonstrate that Russia is not invincible. "However, this data doesn't provide a complete picture of the scale of the strikes' devastating consequences, so we attempted to determine this ourselves. Our data analysis suggests that Ukraine's strikes deep into Russia's territory were more extensive and caused greater damage to the Russian economy and military production than is commonly believed. The intensity of these strikes continues to escalate," the publication's journalists write.
Specifically, they analyzed data on 1,289 Ukrainian strikes from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data or ACLED project. From late 2022 to late 2024, 335 strikes met these criteria. In 2025, Ukraine carried out 658 such strikes-almost twice as many in one year as in the previous three combined. This year, at the current pace, Ukraine is on track to carry out over 800 deep strikes. "The Ukrainian campaign's footprint is also expanding. We compiled a list of 6,
,351 Russian strategic
facilities located at least 100 kilometers from the border, based on open-source intelligence and reports from energy monitoring groups. We found that 2,377 of these facilities were within a
5-kilometer radius of the deep strike site reported by Ukraine by ACLED last year. By comparison, in 2022, there were only 32 such facilities," the report emphasized. Also, the number of registered strikes is likely underreported. The expansion of Ukraine's air campaign has made it difficult even for monitoring groups to track them. To estimate how many strikes are being missed, The Economist created a model that uses fires near strategic sites as a way to detect Ukrainian attacks.
"Throughout 2025, our model recorded approximately three times more strikes than ACLED. Much of this difference is explained by repeated attacks on the same targets: if each target is counted only once, the model detected only 44% more strikes than ACLED. This is consistent with Ukraine's new tactic of repeatedly striking critical Russian targets," the publication added. It is noted that this tactic causes economic damage in two stages. First, it hinders a rapid recovery - no sooner had the first fires in Tuapse been extinguished than Ukraine struck again, resulting in an oil spill.
"Repair work is expensive, diverting funds that would otherwise go to the military and civilian economies. Russian central bank data show that bank lending to oil companies for refining operations has increased by $22 billion since the first quarter of 2024," the article notes. At the same time, as The Economist notes, not all of Ukraine's deep strikes are successful. Most are carried out using unmanned aerial vehicles armed with small explosive devices.
"The easiest targets to destroy in a single attack
-large and flammable objects-have become more difficult to hit: Russian troops have significantly improved their skills in moving and concealing their ammunition depots, for example.
But ports, oil depots, and refineries are impossible to conceal, and in this case, Ukraine has turned its lesser firepower to its advantage," the authors of the publication explained. The journalists' analysis shows that, since June 2025, Russia has been earning less from fossil fuels than would be expected given current Brent crude prices, and that this deficit is steadily growing. Specifically, from June to December 2025, the country's revenue from fossil fuel exports amounted to $18 billion, which is 12% lower than generally expected. Specifically, in the first four months of 2026, it was 34% lower.
Journalists believe that faster, more powerful and accurate weapons will deliver stronger strikes and help expand the area of destruction.

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14/06/2026

Breaking: pressure on the Kerch Bridge from Ukrainian weapons has recently increased

The Russian Federation lacks ballistic missile interception capabilities in the occupied Kerch region. This opinion was voiced by military expert and retired Ukrainian Armed Forces Colonel Roman Svitan on the " Factory of News " program.
According to him, pressure on the Kerch Bridge from Ukrainian weapons has recently increased, and Russian air defenses in the Kerch Bridge area can shoot down virtually all drones and cruise missiles.
"There are drones and missiles, but the Russians are shooting them all down so far. They're shooting down practically all aerial targets," Svitan noted. However, he believes the situation could change if Ukraine acquires ballistic missiles or even missiles for a surface-to-air missile system capable of launching on a ballistic trajectory. Russian air defenses in the Kerch area would be unable to intercept them. Svitan believes:
"There's no A-135 there. They've deployed an anti-ballistic missile system, primarily against intercontinental ballistic missiles, in the Moscow region-the A-135. It's half-destroyed, but it can region-the A-135. It's half-destroyed, but it can still detect some missiles, even those with an altitude range of several thousand kilometers...
But it's not on the Kerch Bridge. And as soon as any missile, even a stray 300-kilometer one, were to appear-they'd have ATACMS with a
300-kilometer range-they wouldn't be crossing the Kerch Bridge. Even if we hadn't destroyed it with cluster bombs, we could have controlled the entrance and exit to the Kerch Bridge and completely cut off the Crimean peninsula."
He believes the Kerch Bridge won't last much longer. He also believes Russians should leave Crimea now. The primary goal is to disrupt the supply of personnel, equipment, and ammunition from Russian territory across the Crimean Bridge, across the entire peninsula, and toward the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions. As few supplies as possible reach the Russian military group located in the occupied territories of these regions.
According to various estimates, somewhere between 150,000 and 180,000 personnel are concentrated there. And we need to weaken them, making it harder for them to hold the line, reducing their offensive potential, preventing them from advancing on Hulyaipole, Orekhov, Zaporizhzhia. After all, attempts to transport these same supplies from Rostov are already being monitored by our Defense Forces. The Russians are looking for options. However, even if we manage to reduce the supply of military equipment, weapons, and ammunition through Crimea by at least 30% within a month or two, we'll be killing several birds with one stone. First, we will significantly reduce Russia's trade with Crimea, thereby making Crimea less attractive to Russians. Second, this will significantly reduce terrorism in Kherson, Zaporizhia, Nikopol, and elsewhere. In other words, the fewer supplies, the fewer shells, the less shelling.

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14/06/2026

Breaking: The attack on the Chongar Bridge disrupted the Russians' logistics, the damage is critical

In the occupied territory of the Kherson region, the Chongar Bridge suffered significant damage and is currently completely blocking traffic. Following the attacks, the invaders are forced to change logistics and seek new supply routes through Crimea, but these, too, are under the control of Ukrainian defenders.
This was stated by Dmitry Filatov, commander of the First Separate Assault Regiment named after Dmitry Kotsyubail, on the air of Suspilne Studio.
He noted that the Chongar Bridge sustained damage that is critical to its structure. Neither trucks nor cars are currently using it. At the same time, the bridge itself requires comprehensive restoration work.
According to Filatov, the Russian army is currently deploying pontoon bridges nearby and has also changed logistics and begun moving through Armyansk, but Ukrainian troops are monitoring this. "Today, this traffic was completely stopped. We carried out another operation. We'll report on how it went later.
Because the Chongar Bridge was damaged, the enemy concentrated a large number of trucks carrying military supplies, which were moving through Armyansk. Consequently, during the strike, we managed to hit trucks carrying fuel and ammunition. There were approximately 50 vehicles, and some of them were destroyed," Filatov assured.
He noted that these operations were possible thanks to the joint command post that the First Separate Assault Regiment named after Dmitry Kotsyubail established together with the 475th Assault Regiment. It was dubbed the "Epicenter of Multi-Domain Operations."
Perun added that it includes a cyber intelligence department that conducts in-depth enemy research, giving the Ukrainian Armed Forces the ability to obtain inside information and make the right decisions. "Regarding the Chongar Bridge, the decision was made because we had information that the enemy would be delivering fuel through it. Six hours passed from the moment the decision was made until its ex*****on. We planned the operation on the Armenian Bridge in advance, as we assumed that this route would also be used. Therefore, we acted more preparedly," the soldier said.
According to him, such actions produce both immediate and long-term results. Russia currently cannot adequately supply its units, and in the future, it will have to spend significant resources restoring these routes. Filatov emphasized that frontline commanders are now focusing more on supply, specifically, finding ways to ensure it.
"This operation would have been impossible if other units hadn't launched strikes on Mariupol and the road to Berdyansk. This is precisely what led to the units stationed in the Hulyai-Polye direction being supplied not through the Mariupol roads, but through Crimea. That is, they began using pontoons to transport trucks to Crimea, and then from Crimea back here. We realized this, quickly blocked these routes, and are continuing to weaken the enemy," the commander said. At the same time, military expert Vladislav Seleznev spoke about the consequences of the strikes on the Chongar Bridge. He urged everyone to remember that the Russians built a pontoon bridge nearby in 2023-2024, which could be used to transport military cargo.
"At least three highways enter Crimea from the north: one is the Chonhar Bridge, the second is through the Kalanchak checkpoint, and the third is through the Chaplinka checkpoint. The enemy could use these three roads to supply its forces operating in both the southern Kherson Oblast and the southern Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Therefore, it would be premature to delude ourselves that strikes on the Chonhar Bridge will completely block enemy logistics," Seleznev emphasized.

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14/06/2026

Breaking: Recent long-range strikes by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Russian energy infrastructure have severely impacted the enemy's aviation fuel supply, forcing regional airports to restrict aircraft refueling.

Beyond fuel shortages, these strategic drone attacks have driven Russia into a logistical lockdown of occupied Crimea and compelled the Kremlin to relocate major propaganda events due to security concerns. On the economic front, Russia's foreign trade turnover has hit a 15-year low, and the National Wealth Fund's liquid assets have plunged to 1.8% of GDP, sparking growing public dissatisfaction among ordinary Russians.
Meanwhile, international pressure continues to mount as the European Union prepares to discuss its 21st sanctions package aimed at further crippling Moscow's war machine.

14/06/2026

Breaking: The global Ukrainian community has raised $110 million for equipment for the Ukrainian Armed Forces as part of the "Fight like a Ukrainian" campaign funded through the "Unite with Ukraine" initiative, according to the Ukrainian World Congress.

However, Ukrainian communities abroad must continuously remind the world that the war is ongoing and that the need for assistance has not diminished, UWC President Paul Grod said in an interview with Ukrinform.
"I would say there is willingness and there is capacity to help. But fewer people are hearing what is actually happening in Ukraine, and some already think things have calmed down here. That is why it is very important that we, as leaders of Ukrainian communities, constantly remind and explain," Grod said.
He noted that the participation of representatives of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the recent Global Ukrainian Summit in Bern was particularly important.

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