On June 1, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated that Ukraine's military has reached an operational capability to strike Russian logistics across large swathes of territory under occupation, producing tangible supply shortages in some Russian-held areas.
In his nightly video message, Zelenskiy described the widening reach of Ukrainian forces against supply infrastructure. He said Ukrainian troops could now "reach Russian military logistics across virtually the entire depth of the temporarily occupied territories."
"Our troops are now capable of reaching Russian military logistics across virtually the entire depth of the temporarily occupied territories,"
He added that in practical terms the result of these operations is a significant erosion of safe transit routes for Russian forces in the south and east. "In practice, there are almost no safe roads left for the occupier in the south and east of our country," he said.
"In practice, there are almost no safe roads left for the occupier in the south and east of our country."
Ukrainian military operations in recent months have expanded to include medium-range strikes and attacks at distances of several hundred kilometres from Ukraine's borders, with a stated focus on targets linked to Russia's oil industry. Zelenskiy reported that between January and May Ukrainian forces struck 15 Russian oil refineries.
According to the president, these actions have helped create shortages of fuel in areas under Russian control. He said the shortfalls are most visible in Crimea, the peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014, and in other occupied territories.
On the same day as Zelenskiy's remarks, drivers in Crimea faced gasoline rationing after Ukrainian drone attacks limited road supplies in the south-eastern corridor of Ukraine, constraining deliveries to the peninsula.
Implications and context presented by the president center on the degradation of Russian logistical freedom of movement and reduced fuel availability in occupied regions. The statements highlight a campaign of strikes against oil infrastructure and transport routes that, according to Zelenskiy, has had measurable effects on supply chains feeding Russian-held areas.
While the president framed the operations as ongoing pressure on occupation-related logistics and energy nodes, specific operational details beyond the counts of refineries struck and the general geographic reach were not provided in his remarks.