ZELENSKYY BELIEVES PUTIN WILL ESCALATE ATTACKS AS RUSSIA WEAKENS

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ZELENSKYY BELIEVES PUTIN WILL ESCALATE ATTACKS AS RUSSIA WEAKENS

Zelenskyy is right. It is already happening.

“Zelensky warned Ukrainians that Russia may increase missile and drone strikes as Putin’s position weakens politically, militarily and economically. He urged residents to use shelters and said Ukraine had secured additional Patriot missile commitments from allies.”

We have seen the sheer number of attacks on civilians escalate.

About 135 missiles launched at Ukraine in January.

In February 2026, some 288 missiles were launched. This is more than double January’s total

In addition, February included multiple very large strike packages, often combining missiles with 400+ drones in a single night, showing a shift toward massed attacks rather than small daily strikes .

By spring 2026:

Russia is launching coordinated barrages (missiles + hundreds of drones together)

Example: a single February strike included 39 missiles and 420 drones

By May:

One major attack included ~90 missiles and ~600 drones in one night, described as the largest attack of 2026 at that point

This shows that even if missiles aren’t fired evenly every day, the size per strike has increased significantly.

Russia is no longer winning on the battlefield.

And no longer capable of winning in the battlefield.

So he is ramping up his attacks on civilians.

The elderly.

Women.

Children.

Anyone who cannot fight back.

We know that he is exposing his own people to attacks to do this.

He has depleted Russia’s air defense systems by using the missiles intend to protect Russia to target Ukraine

Now many of his own civilians are being left defenseless.

But don’t think we are at the prakZ

We are not.

Putin will go down fightingZ

And he will take as many Ukrainians as he can with him.

He will also take many Russians with him as well.

Zelensky Urges Ukrainians to Use Shelters as Putin ‘Becomes Weaker’
Zelensky said Kyiv secured over $1B in Patriot missile commitments through the PURL initiative while warning that Russia could intensify attacks as its position deteriorates.

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