On June 25, 2026, President Zelenskyy approved the largest and most comprehensive 40-day deep-strike operation in history. A total of 660 Ukrainian kamikaze drones blanketing the skies over the capital, Moscow, paralyzed Russian radar systems worth billions of dollars in a matter of seconds. Putin’s supposedly unshakable home front is facing an unprecedented state of CHAOS and COLLAPSE stretching from Crimea to the Ural Mountains.
40 Days of Fire: The War Has Shattered Russia’s Gates
According to the Kremlin’s civilian and military elite, the capital, Moscow, had the best-protected airspace on the planet. However, the operation that began on June 25 and was planned to last until August 4 permanently DESTROYED this illusion of security. The Ukrainian military and SBU Alpha units sprang into action within seconds, taking concrete steps in the operation. In the very first days of the operation, 12 different Russian regions became the targets of simultaneous deep strikes. Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin could not hide the scale of the threat in his successive statements.
“A total of 660 Ukrainian kamikaze drones blanketed the sky, paralyzing Russian radar systems and carrying out a multifaceted saturation attack.”
The Russian Ministry of Defense was forced to acknowledge this terrifying situation as one of the largest unmanned aerial vehicle attacks in its history. The flames rising from around the Moscow Refinery marked a strategic moment of DEVASTATION that directly cut off the war machine’s fuel supply.
Disruption of Technology and Logistics: The FP-5 Flamingo Takes the Stage
The true force shifting the war’s center of gravity directly into the heart of Russia is Ukraine’s innovative arsenal. The Ukrainian military now possesses not only slow drones but also radar-evading, jet-engine-powered drone-like missiles (Palianytsia and Peklo) and FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles.
With the support of Western Storm Shadow and ATACMS missiles, a relentless storm of threats raged in Russian airspace for 40 days. Intelligence data from the field confirms that the Titan-Barrikady military production facility in Volgograd was directly DEVASTATED by Flamingo missiles. The fact that this complex which produces Iskander and Yars strategic missile launchers was engulfed in flames has completely PARALYZED the Russian war machine’s production line.
At the same time, on the southern front in occupied Crimea, the lifeline of military logistics was CUT OFF. The supply ships Volga and Vyatka were struck and sustained heavy damage. Crimea’s air defense radars were rendered blind, power plants were hit, and the region was plunged into darkness. The occupying authorities capitulated and declared a state of emergency; tourism was suspended, and the civilian system COLLAPSED.
Strategic Analysis: The August 4 Syndrome and the Collapsing Economy
It is no coincidence that this impact operation, launched by Zelenskyy in collaboration with the SBU, is set to continue until August 4, 2026. On August 4, 1991, the coup attempt against Soviet leader Gorbachev in Crimea ignited the fuse that led to the collapse of an empire. Today, the message being sent to the Russian elite via Crimea is clear: History may repeat itself.
Beyond diplomatic and psychological pressure, Russia’s domestic front is also DROWNING financially.
- Oil and gas revenues, which fund the war, fell by 50% in the first two months of the year, hitting a five-year low.
- The Kremlin’s National Welfare Fund is dwindling, inflation has soared into double digits, and interest rates have reached 16.5%.
- Official data from the Russian Ministry of Defense confirms the massive scale of the drone threat: while 3,676 drones were shot down in January, that number surged to 8,849 in May.
Although the Kremlin is trying to maintain its “victory” narrative, the collapse of civilian infrastructure and the successive, irreparable losses of refineries are exacerbating the system’s vulnerabilities. Hundreds of S-400 and Pantsir air defense systems have been pulled from the front lines and massed around Valdai where Putin resides and the Moscow area. This desperate move has left strategic regions such as Bashkortostan in the Ural region or the Ufa refineries in the east completely defenseless.
Putin’s immunity pact has been torn up and thrown away. Ukraine’s asymmetric and deep-strike strategy has fundamentally SHATTERED Russia’s will to fight by declaring every single centimeter of its territory an insecure zone.
