# Analysis: Did Ukraine’s ‘40-day campaign’ against Russia change anything?

https://mins.news/en/item/15386

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-08-06 16:32 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/did-ukraines-40-day-campaign-against-russia-change-anything/

> In late June, President Volodymyr Zelensky assigned Ukraine’s Security Service to begin a “40-day influence operation” intended to pressure Russia to “end the war.” Over the following weeks, Ukraine’s medium- and long-range drones recorded several headline-making successes. The analysis asks whether the campaign produced a meaningful change in the war with Russia. Its focus is on the operation’s effect rather than simply recounting the strikes.

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