Ukraine begins huge 40-day blitz of Russia to ‘force Vlad into peace talks’ as Moscow turned into fortress of steel

VLADIMIR Putin has been told to brace for a 40-day operation "⁠aimed at securing an end to the war." Russia suffered one of the biggest nighttime attacks - with air defences in a dozen regions, as well as Russian-occupied Crimea, the Black Sea and the Azov Sea, intercepting 660 Ukrainian drones. The barrage came hours...