"...June 25 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday, after consulting the head of the country's security service on strikes against Russian targets, that he had approved a 40-day campaign to 'influence' Russia to end the war against Kyiv.
"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. ..."
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"...Ukraine's home-made Flamingo missiles have struck a key Russian military facility more than 300 miles behind the war's front lines.
The long-range missiles, which only entered service last autumn, targeted the Titan-Barrikady research and production centre in the city of Volgograd, overnight on Friday.
Confirming the strike..."
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"...Major Russian drone and missile attacks on Feb. 9 tore into Ukraine’s electrical and gas infrastructure, killing civilians and knocking out power for tens of thousands as winter temperatures plunged. ..."
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"...For only the second time, it used a new ballistic missile that it says flies at 10 times the speed of sound and is unstoppable.
The intense barrage and the launching of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile ..."
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"...Russia fired more than 650 drones and three dozen missiles at Ukraine ..."
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"...Russia used 653 drones and 51 missiles in the wide-reaching overnight attack on Ukraine, which triggered air raid alerts across the country and came as Ukraine marked Armed Forces Day, the country’s air force said Saturday morning. ..."
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"...Russian forces have attacked Ukraine with an Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missile, an S-300 surface-to-air missile and 172 loitering munitions of the Shahed, Gerbera and other types from the evening of 16 September. Ukrainian air defence units have destroyed 136 drones, though some did hit their targets. ..."
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"...KYIV, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Russia pounded Ukraine with deadly missiles and drone strikes early on Thursday in a sweeping attack that the U.S. special envoy on Ukraine said undermined President Donald Trump's peace efforts.
At least 23 people were killed in the capital..."
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"The Defense Department has withheld approval for attacks as the White House has sought to entice Moscow to open peace talks...The Pentagon has for months been blocking Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles to strike inside Russia, U.S. officials said ..."
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"...Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that Russia would treat Taurus missile strikes on its "critical transport infrastructure" as "direct" German involvement in the Ukrainian conflict.
Germany's presumptive next Chancellor Friedrich Merz, of the conservative Christian Democratic Union party, said this past weekend that he is open to delivering the Taurus missiles to Ukraine provided it is done with coordination with European partners...."
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