In late June, President Volodymyr Zelensky tasked Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) with launching a "40-day influence operation" designed to compel Russia to "end the war." In the weeks following, Ukraine's mid- and long-range drones scored some headline-grabbing successes — the crippling of dozens of Russian tankers supplying occupied Crimea and, perhaps most notably, the destruction of several warehouses across the country belonging to online retailer Wildberries. But 40 days later, Russia's

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced new operations by the Security Service of Ukraine and priorities for August, without clarifying the results of the 40-day operation.

As Zelensky’s 40-day offensive ends without a ceasefire, Ukrainian drones cripple Russian refineries and warehouses while Moscow answers with record missile barrages that push the…