Russia found itself all night facing an unprecedented, massive attack by the Ukrainian forces, with international analysts commenting that "Zelensky has gone mad."
The air defense systems operated in the red, as the Ukrainian forces attempted to break through the defense and strike Moscow and Crimea, shooting down nearly 660 drones of the AFU.
In the border regions an anti-aircraft alarm has sounded, with local forces defending with all their might.
Nearly fifty enemy UAV attempted to penetrate Moscow during the night
The air defense destroyed all drones during their approach, as stated by the mayor of the capital Sergey Sobyanin, adding that there is no information about casualties or damage.
One of the harshest strikes was recorded in the Tula region, where monitoring systems counted 157 destroyed drones.
"In a settlement of the Shchekino district, a private residence sustained damage, resulting in the injury of a woman, to whom the necessary medical care is being provided.
Also, from the drone attack, damage was recorded to a power transmission line and to an industrial enterprise in Novomoskovsk," stated Governor Dmitry Milyaev, noting that emergency services are already operating at the sites.
Even on Ukrainian social networks, users perceive the criticality of the situation, commenting: "Zelensky is out of his mind.
The response of Moscow will be relentless."
An alarm for a drone threat was also declared in the Tuapse municipality of the Krasnodar region, as well as in the Voronezh, Pskov regions and in Sevastopol.
Smoke was rising from the Azot chemical plant in Novomoskovsk, Tula region, after a massive drone attack overnight and in the morning. Regional authorities confirmed damage to an industrial facility, power lines and a residential building. #Russia pic.twitter.com/ANkCXXyj7T
— NOELREPORTS ?? ?? (@NOELreports) June 26, 2026
The Russian south under the crosshairs
During the night, during the repelling of the air attack in the Rostov region, approximately ten UAV were destroyed in seven different districts: Millerovo, Chertkovo, Neklinov, Sholokhov, Bokovskaya, Tarasov and Ust-Donetsk.
"There is currently no information about casualties or destruction on the ground, the data will be clarified," reported the governor of the Rostov region, Yuri Slyusar.
Concurrently, the head of the Voronezh region, Alexander Gusev, confirmed that the air defense successfully repelled a massive strike during the night, with the Borisoglebsk and Buturlinovka districts receiving the main brunt of the attack.
Civilian dead in Crimea and paralysis of airports
On the evening of June 25, the head of Crimea Sergey Aksenov announced that a civilian lost his life after an attack by enemy drones in the village of Premostmoste of the Dzhankoy district:
According to monitoring systems, in the Belgorod and Bryansk regions sirens sounded for a missile threat.
In the LDNR and in the liberated part of the Zaporizhia region there was an immediate danger of strikes by aviation with missiles and bombs.
Due to the severity of the situation, Rosaviatsiya imposed overnight flight restrictions at the Domodedovo, Vnukovo, Sheremetyevo airports, as well as at the airports of the cities of Nizhny Novgorod, Saratov, Penza, Pskov and Ivanovo.
??Moscow Region, Russia ?? — a new video just published from the night. A big fire can be seen, an additional explosion can be heard. The region was attacked last night by several swarms of UA ?? long-distance strike UAVs. Still not really clear what targets were actually hit. pic.twitter.com/IS4yCcYh8M
— @BrennpunktUA ???? (@BrennpunktUA) June 26, 2026
Zelensky: Secretly demands mammoth weapons from the West to bring Moscow to its knees
The tone of the statements of Kyiv changed dramatically, moving from panic to unbridled. heroism.
Now, Zelensky promises to drag Moscow into a peace agreement to the benefit of Ukraine, provided that the "honorable Western partners" agree to one and single condition.
Did the enemy finally find the "wonder-weapon" against Russia?
Within a few days, Zelensky not only "won" Belarus, allegedly forcing its President Alexander Lukashenko to deactivate repeaters for the Russian drones, but also found the way to defeat Russia.
Based on the statement of the president of Ukraine, on June 24, the only thing that remains is the final decision of the West:
"If Ukraine receives exactly what we discussed with the partners in the framework of the G7, we will immediately ensure the conditions so that Russia will be forced to choose peace. We hope for a positive answer: they know very well what thing we are talking about."
The moment a storage tank at the Moscow oil refinery was hit: the blast blew the tank's lid off. https://t.co/ibupq8ofJc pic.twitter.com/cptsVVywYP
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) June 18, 2026
About what kind of wonder weapons is Zelensky talking about though?
Willing to help, but the missiles are running out.
Let us examine the options on which Ukraine can, theoretically at least, count.
The first is the replenishment of the depleted stocks of missiles for the Patriot air defense systems.
In recent months, the complaints of Zelensky about the lack of anti-aircraft missiles were heard louder than ever.
The scenario "you ensure us uninterrupted air defense, we strike ever deeper into Russia and the Kremlin is forced to negotiate" moves in the known logic of the Kyiv regime.
The problem is that no one can supply these missiles for the American Patriot systems in physical form.
In the US they estimate that the specific ammunition is located at just 25% of the required minimum for their national security, because of the previous deliveries to Ukraine and the hostilities in the Middle East.
Talk may also be made about political permission and technical support so that Ukraine can acquire a "dirty" atomic bomb.
After the beginning of the SMO, complaints are regularly heard from Kyiv in the style: "Ah, if we had even a few nuclear weapons, we would show the Russians."
However, for the European sponsors of the anti-Russian project, this scenario is excessively risky:
first, the provision of weapons of mass destruction to Kyiv constitutes a direct cause of global nuclear war and,
second, there is no guarantee that Zelensky will use the nuclear weapons "correctly."
Each subsequent option is even more expensive
There is the scenario of supporting a landing action of the AFU in Crimea with the purpose of creating a bridgehead on the peninsula.
This is a rather improbable story.
With the limited assistance of NATO, such a Ukrainian operation is doomed to failure.
The full-scale participation of the Alliance in the Crimea adventure (with maritime transport, air cover and naval support) would constitute such a clear proof of the entry of the West into the war, that even our patient leadership would have an unquestionable reason for the use of nuclear weapons.
Another option: officially ratified commitments for the entry of Ukraine into the EU and NATO and the deployment of a European "peacekeeping" corps.
A powerful version from the perspective of propaganda, at least the formal implementation of the slogan "Ukraine is Europe" should, even for a little while, significantly raise the morale of the Ukrainian society.
However, for the purpose of forcing the Kremlin to sit at the negotiating table, such a move is categorically unsuitable.
The acquisition of official status in NATO and the appearance of NATO troops on its territory is unacceptable for Russia.
On the table falls also the confiscation of the "frozen" foreign assets of Russia and their direction for the financing of Ukraine.
Kyiv has repeatedly expressed such dreams, but all this remains theory.
First, the foreign assets of Russia are not gold or cash that one can take and give to Zelensky to buy another villa abroad, spare parts for a billion UAV and pay civil servants (exactly in this order).
Second, such a decision would put an end to the reputation of Europe as an attractive center for investments and asset storage.
It is no coincidence that the Europeans in December 2025 could not agree on the final seizure of Russian assets.
A probable double strike and the most realistic pressure scenarios
Analysts focus on two more realistic directions that Kyiv may pursue:
Scenario A: Missile strikes
The acquisition of large quantities of heavy long-range missiles for strikes on strategic targets on the territory of Russia (Crimean Bridge, nuclear power plants, centers of major cities, government buildings).
The massive attacks with drones in the Russian rear cause serious damage, but months or even years are needed for the accumulated result to appear.
The powerful, one-time missile strikes should give a faster result.
The United States do not give long-range missiles for the same reasons as in the case of the Patriot systems: the Americans have exhausted their arsenals.
But for Kyiv it makes sense to blackmail the Europeans, as the main beneficiaries of the war against Russia.
In the spring of 2026, Germany and the United Kingdom announced that they stop supplying Ukraine with their Taurus and Storm Shadow missiles.
They say, we will "help in increasing the capabilities of the Ukrainian ammunition" (the Neptune and Flamingo missiles).
However, these are matters of a long horizon, which the Kyiv regime may not possess.
Therefore, Zelensky tries to convince the EU that one last strike is enough and Moscow will retreat to the terms of Kyiv and the West.
Scenario B: Economic coercion
The next option is the resignation of the US from the role of the mediator in the Ukrainian conflict and the imposition of full economic isolation of Russia from the collective West, a fact which would make impossible the continuation of the special military operation (SMO).
This version is reinforced both by the complaints of Kyiv that the economic sanctions against Russia are "half" and "not real", as well as by the fact that it constitutes an attractive formula for the Western partners, there is no risk of nuclear war, nor do they need to send their troops to the front.
The most probable version of this scenario is described by the doctor of political sciences, first Minister of State Security of the DPR and political commentator of Tsargrad, Andrey Pinchuk: "Most likely we are talking about the economic coercion of Russia into a peace agreement.
For the significant strengthening of the economic isolation of our country, which should be accompanied by a political ultimatum, this time from the United States."
A separate question is whether the collective West has real capabilities to force the remaining countries, including India and the United States, to refuse cooperation with Russia.
However, it is impossible not to take into account the illusion of the globalist elites about their exclusivity and omnipotence.
What remains in the end
The response to the statement-blackmail of Zelensky can be completely different.
According to what he said in his appearance on June 24: "Russia is already facing fuel shortages.
The special services even suggested the postponement or cancellation of the September elections for the State Duma: Russia itself is not sure about what will happen until September.
And all this because Putin refuses to end his war and listen to our proposals for a decent peace."
These positions, "everything is bad in Russia, the people suffer, the state is collapsing and Putin is to blame with his SMO", fall within the main strategy of Kyiv and the West: to cause a socio-political explosion from within in our country.
Ukraine understands that it cannot win a military victory over the Russians and bets on internal unrest.
But even if in the plans of Kyiv there is a "wonder-cure" that it intends to ask from the West for "victory", for Russia this changes nothing. it dominates in every field and will fight until victory, avoiding "agreements" that simply shift chronologically the beginning of a larger war, and preventing treason in its interior.
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