Ukraine’s 40-day missile and drone blitz heaps pressure and pain on Putin

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When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced last week that his military would be undertaking a 40-day campaign to hammer Russian military and energy infrastructure deeper inland from the border, the concept did not feel materially different from his usual stream of war updates. 

Now, a little over a week since the long-range missiles and drones began raining down, the successful disruption of enemy logistics is becoming difficult to ignore.

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