Ukraine is risking the bloody revenge of Russia, using drones to strike Russian bomber bases, attack the Crimean bridge, and attack the Russian logistics railway system. I thought Russia's retaliation would be a comprehensive missile, drone and aviation bomb attack, and it would take action against the Kiev decision-making body.
So, judging by the Russian military's actions two days ago, the Russian military's retaliation and strike were far lower than outside expectations. I thought that when Russia gave up, Ukraine had bad news.
Russia's comprehensive revenge has just begun, and the Russian army's goal is no longer satisfied with attacking the four eastern Ukrainian states, but is advancing towards the deep territory of Ukraine.
According to CCTV News, citing Russian media reports on June 8, the Russian Ministry of Defense issued a battle report showing that the main force of the Russian "central" cluster has arrived at the western border area of Donetsk Prefecture. Among them, an elite unit of the 90th Guards Tank Division in Russia even invaded Dnepropetrovsk Oblast in Ukraine.
This is the first time that the Russian army has invaded Dnieper Prefecture, which means that the Ukrainian army's Donbas defense line is already crumbling. It is worth noting that in the previous two rounds of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, the Russian representative did not mention the territory of the Dnieper Prefecture as a condition for the armistice, and only stated that Ukraine needs to recognize that Crimea belongs to Russia and demanded that Ukrainian troops withdraw from the four eastern Ukrainian states.
After Ukraine recently took a desperate attempt to attack Russia's local high-value targets, it seems that Russia has also lost patience. After the Russian army invaded Dnieper Prefecture, Medvedev, vice chairman of the Russian Federation Security Conference, said that Ukraine must accept the new reality.
And this "new reality" is that the Russian army will seize more territory in Ukraine. Analysts pointed out that Russian President Putin regarded the Zelensky regime as a "terrorist organization" and once again rejected Ukrainian President Zelensky's request for face-to-face talks. Now Russia no longer messes with Ukraine, and it is not ruled out that Russia will expand the scale of the war and annex more Ukraine's territory.
It is reported that in the first round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in May 2025, the Ukrainian representative rejected the Russian side's proposed condition to cede four states. At that time, the Russian representative issued a warning that the next negotiation conditions for Russia will be in eight states in Ukraine. Just one month later, Russia began to take action. Russia is to tell Ukraine that the conditions put forward by Russia are not just verbal words. If Ukraine insists on refusing to accept the ceasefire conditions, then Russia will use its own means to get everything.
In response to the Russian military's publicity of the Russian army's invasion of Dnieper Prefecture, the Ukrainian Army Southern Command stated that the Russian side was "spreading rumors" and refuted that the Ukrainian army was resisting tenaciously in the border area of Dnieper Prefecture and would block the Russian army trying to invade Dnieper Prefecture.
The Ukrainian front commander said in an interview with Western media that all propaganda by the Russian army is false. In fact, the current offensive of the Russian army has become very slow, and the Russian army cannot occupy the entire Ukraine, and the Ukrainian army will continue to resist tenaciously.
In response to the statement that Russia and Ukraine have different opinions, this time even military observers, including Western professional think tanks, generally believe that the Russian army did invade Dnieper Prefecture, and believes that the Russian army's move will change the entire Ukraine war situation.
In the three years since the outbreak of the Ukrainian War, although the Russian army did not officially enter the state, it has been using long-range missiles and fighter jets to carry out air strikes. At the end of 2024, the Russian army also launched the "Hazelle" hypersonic medium-range missile to strike the military factory in Dnieper Prefecture.
It is reported that Dnieper Prefecture is an important industrial prefecture in Ukraine, with a large number of minerals and industrial facilities, which is an important guarantee for Ukrainian military industry to "sustain his life".
Once the Russian army fully invades Dnieper Prefecture, Ukraine will suffer huge strategic failures. From the terrain, Dnieper Prefecture is flat compared to the Donbass region, with almost no danger to defend, which facilitates the advancement of the Russian mechanized troops.
Ukraine uses drones and missiles to frequently attack Russian mainland, so Russia will launch an oversized military buffer zone in Ukraine. Judging from some of the previous news, Russia basically concludes that some areas of Kharkov and Sumei Prefecture are used as military buffer zones.
It seems that the scope of Russia's military buffer zone will continue to expand, and it must be large enough to completely make Ukrainian weapons lose their threat.
