Overview

• In an Axios interview, Zelensky warned that Moscow’s top officials should know where their bomb shelters are if the war does not stop.
• Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov condemned the comments as irresponsible and said Zelensky was issuing threats.
• Zelensky stated that Ukraine would employ U.S. long‑distance weapons to strike deep inside Russia if Washington provided them.
• Ukraine’s military chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said 85 military or military‑industrial sites inside Russia were hit over the past two months and asserted that Russia’s spring and summer offensives fell short of their goals.
• Ukrainian forces have frequently targeted Russian energy infrastructure, including refineries, and Zelensky said President Trump gave the green light to continue those strikes.