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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine’s Defense Forces destroyed more than 60,000 tons of ammunition at a Russian Baltic Fleet arsenal near St. Petersburg as part of Kyiv’s long-range strike campaign against Russia’s military infrastructure, UATV English reports, citing Zelenskyy’s Telegram channel.
Speaking after a briefing from Defense Intelligence Chief Oleh Ivashchenko, Zelenskyy said the strike was among the most significant recent successes of Ukraine’s long-range operations.
“Among the recent successful strikes on the occupier’s territory, it is worth highlighting the destruction of more than 60,000 tons of ammunition at a Baltic Fleet arsenal near St. Petersburg,” Zelenskyy said.
According to the president, Ukrainian intelligence has also confirmed that long-range strikes achieved their intended objectives against key Russian defense-industrial facilities. Ukrainian forces reportedly hit enterprises producing radio-electronic equipment and other critical components used by the Russian military.
Zelenskyy added that Ukrainian intelligence had obtained internal Russian documents assessing the impact of Ukraine’s long-range strikes. According to those assessments, Russian authorities have been forced to relocate air defense systems from other regions to Moscow and the Kerch Bridge.
“One of these measures is the transfer of air defense systems from Russian regions to Moscow and the Kerch Bridge. In practice, these are the two perimeters Russia has been ordered to protect at the expense of weakening other directions on its territory and in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said.
The president also received a separate intelligence briefing on Russia’s missile production and strategic aviation capabilities. He indicated that Ukraine is preparing additional responses to what he described as Russia’s continued efforts to prolong the war and carry out attacks against Ukrainian territory.
“We are preparing new, entirely justified steps in response to Russia’s prolongation of the war and its strikes against Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said.
He stressed that Ukraine has put forward substantive diplomatic proposals to end the conflict and argued that responsibility for prolonging the war lies with Russia’s refusal to engage in meaningful diplomacy.
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