Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy declares 40-day Russia blitz to ‘influence the aggressor state’

During the Napoleonic incursion of 1812 or the Nazi German assault in 1941, anywhere behind the mountain range that divides Russia’s European part from Siberia seemed far enough for the evacuation of civilians and military factories.

Its success has caused fuel shortages and disrupted army supply lines, stalling Moscow’s invasion of its neighbor after more than four years of fighting and rattling Russian officials.

Power outages have continued to plague Sevastopol, the largest city in Russian-controlled Crimea, following repeated, intensified Ukrainian strikes on the peninsula.

Russia has been pressuring its ally Belarus to open a new front against the war with Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.