Yevgeniy Khmara: Russia will burn. Ukraine’s goal is to switch off Russia’s war machine Acting Defence Minister Yevgeniy Khmara has outlined the logic behind Ukraine’s expanding deep-strike campaign: systematically target the infrastructure that allows Russia to sustain its war. Military logistics. The fleet. Fuel and energy infrastructure. Industrial facilities supporting the war effort. The recent operation in Novorossiysk offers a glimpse of what this approach looks like. Ukraine synchronized missiles, jet-powered drones and naval drones in a combined strike — forcing Russian defences to deal with different threats arriving as part of the same operation. “Russia proved unable to counter the synchronized employment of Ukrainian strike systems,” Khmara said. For Ukraine, the important development is not one successful strike. It is the growing ability of different components of the Defence Forces — together with Ukrainian manufacturers — to operate as a single strike ecosystem. And Yevgeniy Khmara says this is now a priority: “Expanding deep strikes against Russia is one of our key priorities.” Following a meeting chaired by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine has already defined the next steps. More Ukrainian weapons, greater precision, and increasingly complex operations designed to become harder for Russia to counter. Yevgeniy Khmara’s formulation was even simpler: “Ukrainian operations will become increasingly difficult to counter. Ukrainian weapons will become more numerous. Strikes more precise. Russia will burn.” The strategic objective: degrade the systems sustaining Russia’s invasion and increase the pressure needed to force Russia toward a just peace. Source: Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, August 13, 2026 #Ukraine# #DeepStrike# #DefTech# #DroneWarfare# #Defense# #RussiaUkraineWar#