Bangladesh, July 14 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that Kyiv is preparing a new wave of long-range strikes inside Russian territory, signaling a heightened phase in the war as both sides escalate efforts beyond traditional front-line combat. Zelenskys latest remarks, made after a high-level military meeting on July 13, mark a clear shift in strategy, emboldened by renewed Western aid and a growing consensus in Kyiv that it must take the war deeper into Russian soil to alter the trajectory of the conflict.

The Ukrainian leader delivered his statement via social media, posting on X (formerly Twitter): “Our units will continue to destroy the occupiers and do everything possible to bring the war onto Russian te...