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Major events in the Ukraine proxy war, 2026 (view source)
Revision as of 23:58, September 1, 2026
, September 1→Ukraine becomes landlocked
===Ukraine becomes landlocked===
===Ukraine becomes landlocked===
On June 24, 2026 the acting president of Ukraine [[Vladimir Zelinski]] announced a 40-day campaign:
{{Cquoye|I approved a 40-day operation by the Service to influence the aggressor state in order to press for an end to the war,” Zelenskiy wrote on [[Telegram]].
Ukraine has for months engaged in waves of medium-range and long-range strikes on targets in Russia or Russian-held areas, mainly focused on the oil industry.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/ukraines-zelenskiy-says-he-approved-40-day-campaign-influence-russia-end-war-2026-06-25/</ref>}}
The campaign was launched while life in [[Kiev]] was still relatively peaceful. Russian attacks were aimed at industrial sites but tried to avoid [[civilian]] targets. Ukrainian import and exports via [[Odessa]] harbor were fully functional. The whole country had sufficient [[energy]] supplies.
During the campaign, under [[Minister of Defense Mykhailo Fedorov]], the Ukrainian forces used [[drone]]s to attack Russia’s [[oil]] industry. Strikes on power installations in [[Crimea]], [[Moscow]] and [[St. Peterburg]] followed. Ukraine soon added all Russian shipping and harbor installations in the [[Sea of Azov]] and the [[Black Sea]] to its target list. Last but not least it started to strike at purely [[civilian]] targets in Russia like the warehouses of Wolfberries, the Russian equivalent of [[Amazon.com]].
The campaign was designed to influence Russian [[public opinion]] in advance of the 2020 [[democratic]] [[parliamentary]] [[election]]s as well as Ukraine’s supporters in [[the West]]:
{{Cquote|Lutsevych suggests Ukraine’s successes in bringing the war to Russia – before and within the 40-day campaign – may have contributed to a change of attitude in the Trump administration towards Ukraine.
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“I think it shows it is done for Russia in its attempt to conquer Ukraine and is important for the strategic posture of Ukraine’s forces in the future, although it is more symbolic at the moment.”<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/16/ukraine-40-day-campaign-against-russia-has-it-worked</ref>}}
Zelenski’s campaign however did not take into account that Russia could react and would hit back.
The Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries, intended to create transport problems for Russia, were responded to by drone attacks on Ukrainian gas stations. More than 300 of those throughout the country’s east have been destroyed by Russian drone strikes.<ref>https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/08/21/8049732/</ref> Additionally, Russian forces targeted Ukraine’s railways. So far nearly 500 locomotives have been destroyed or damaged.<ref>https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/08/24/8050039/</ref>
Both measures have made the re-supply of Ukrainian front line groupings increasingly difficult.
[[Fedorov]] was blamed for the lack of [[strategic]] planning, and for this as well as exposing [[corruption]] under Ukrainian [[commander-in-chief]] [[Oleksandr Syrsky]] he was made the fall guy and was fired.
Attacks on Russian related shipping in the Azov and Black Sea were likewise mirrored by Russian re3talitory strikes.
All ships trying to exit or reach Ukrainian harbors, [[Odessa]], [[Mykolaiv]], and Ismail came under attack. A missile and bombing campaign destroyed Ukrainian [[grain]] export terminals and other harbor installations. For all practical purpose the country is now land locked.
==NATO attacks from the Baltic States==
==NATO attacks from the Baltic States==