SBU reports impacts from 40-day campaign alongside frontline covert operations

Ukraine's SBU summarized a 40-day campaign against Russian assets, while tactical units conducted covert evacuations, captured POWs, and destroyed long-range assault columns.
Ukraine's Security Service reported significant outcomes from a 40-day strategic campaign designed to force Russia into negotiations, claiming the destruction or damage of more than 21,000 military assets and infrastructure targets alongside nearly 5,000 Russian casualties.
Meanwhile, specialized tactical units executed targeted operations behind and along the frontlines. The Ukrainian Navy's "Angels" special reconnaissance team evacuated relatives of a Ukrainian military officer from Russian-occupied territory to neutralize surveillance and pressure from Russian security services. Separately, Special Operations Forces captured two sleeping Russian soldiers during a stealth mission to replenish the prisoner exchange fund. In Zaporizhzhia, the 118th Separate Mechanized Brigade stated that Ukrainian reconnaissance regularly detects and destroys Russian assault columns up to 10 kilometers before they reach defensive positions.
Sources: Liga net, NV, Радіо Свобода, Українська правда.
Sources
- Радіо Свобода — «Воліли б взагалі не розповідати про це»: боєць «Янголів» ВМС про спецоперації порятунку людей з окупації
- Українська правда — СБУ назвала свою 40-денну операцію дієвим механізмом впливу на РФ і підбила підсумки досягнутих цілей
- NV — «Прокинулися під стволами». ССО розбудили двох російських військових і пошепки взяли в полон — відео
- Liga net — 118 ОМБр: ЗСУ виявляють російські колони за 10 км до лінії фронту і знищують їх
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