Kyiv official: ‘The death toll from the Russian attack has risen to 23 people.’
Month: July 2026
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MORE: Ukraine continued to intensify its intermediate- and long-range strike campaigns in June 2026, which are having cascading effects on Russian logistics and battlefield operations as well as causing gasoline shortages and economic frictions across Russia and occupied Ukraine.
ISW has observed evidence that Ukrainian forces conducted at least 303 intermediate-range strikes against Russian targets in occupied Ukraine in June 2026. Ukrainian forces comparatively conducted at least 210 such strikes in May 2026.
Ukraine’s intermediate-range strike campaign is increasingly inhibiting Russian logistics across occupied Ukraine, particularly in southern Ukraine and into occupied Crimea, in ways that are beginning to manifest on the frontline and impede Russian advances across the theater.
Ukraine will likely further expand and intensify its intermediate-range strike campaign, which will likely have cascading effects on Russian offensive operations in the coming months, especially as Ukraine’s efforts to shape the battlefield mature.
Ukrainian forces have simultaneously been steadily increasing the range, volume, and intensity of their long-range strike campaigns against Russian oil infrastructure and military assets in Russia. ISW has observed evidence that Ukrainian forces conducted at least 31 strikes against Russian oil infrastructure and at least 47 strikes against Russian military assets in at least 41 Russian federal subjects in June 2026.
Ukrainian forces now regularly strike deep into the Russian rear, including in rear areas that were previously safely out of range of Ukrainian strike vehicles, for example, Moscow and Chelyabinsk cities. Russia also largely has failed to defend against and adapt to Ukrainian long-range strikes, which are contributing to gasoline shortages across Russia.
ISW continues to assess that Ukraine’s intensifying long-range and intermediate-range strike campaigns are compounding Russia’s air defense challenges given the vast amount of land and large number of facilities Russia must protect.Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar)NEW: Russia’s spring-summer 2026 offensive has failed to achieve operationally significant gains thus far, and Russian forces’ rate of advance in June 2026 is a fraction of the rate of advance that Russian forces achieved in June 2025.
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Russian forces have also experienced heavy casualties and equipment losses to make these relatively small gains.
Ukraine continued to intensify its intermediate- and long-range strike campaigns in June 2026, which are having cascading effects on Russian logistics and battlefield operations as well as causing gasoline shortages and economic frictions across Russia and occupied Ukraine.
Russian authorities announced that Russia will temporarily close seven railway border crossings with Finland, Latvia, and Estonia starting July 1 for unspecified reasons.
Ukrainian forces continued their long-range strike campaigns against Russian oil and gas infrastructure and military assets on the night of June 30 to July 1. Russian forces launched one Iskander-M ballistic missile, one Kh-59 guided missile, and 151 drones against Ukraine overnight.
Ukrainian forces advanced in western Zaporizhia Oblast. (1/2)— https://x.com/TheStudyofWar/status/2072509873430856101
