{"id":26589,"date":"2026-08-05T18:02:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=26589"},"modified":"2026-08-05T18:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:02:20","slug":"zelenskyi-urazhennia-puskovykh-ustanovok-rf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/main-news\/zelenskyi-urazhennia-puskovykh-ustanovok-rf\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy announced the destruction of Russian ballistic missile launchers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"news-lead\">Ukraine will destroy launchers used to launch ballistic missiles on Russian territory, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated following a meeting of the National Security and Defence Council. The meeting also reviewed the resilience plans for regions, cities and communities: some of them are lagging behind the approved targets, and the officials responsible must step up their efforts to meet them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-summary-box\">\n<p><strong>Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ukraine intends to target Russian ballistic missile launch systems.<\/li>\n<li>The National Security and Defence Council has noted that some regions and local authorities are falling behind their targets.<\/li>\n<li>Officials were warned that they would be held personally accountable for carrying out their duties.<\/li>\n<li>Priorities: infrastructure protection, shelters and anti-ballistic defence.<\/li>\n<li>Some of the sustainability measures need to be completed before the heating season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Any backlogs must be cleared before the heating season begins<\/h2>\n<p>The audit revealed that not all cities and regions are implementing the measures set out in <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/economics\/kyyiv-pochav-realizatsiju-planu-stijkosti\/\">sustainability plans<\/a>, within the set deadlines. The President did not name any specific regions or localities where the greatest delays had been recorded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zelensky<\/strong> He emphasised the personal responsibility of officials to catch up on and fully carry out their tasks. The plans are intended to prepare communities for possible attacks on energy and utility infrastructure, prolonged power cuts, disruptions to the heat supply and other emergencies.<\/p>\n<p>The NSDC approved the comprehensive plans in the spring, and they were brought into force by a presidential decree. The document requires those responsible to report monthly to the NSDC and the government; some of the measures must be completed before the start of the new heating season.<\/p>\n<h2>Three areas of focus in preparing communities for winter<\/h2>\n<p>Zelenskyy cited strengthening as his top priority <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/main-news\/zakhyst-enerhetyky-rakety-zymoyu\/\">protecting critical infrastructure<\/a> \u2014 energy, utility, transport and other facilities on which the functioning of communities depends.<\/p>\n<p>The second area concerns ensuring there are sufficient numbers of shelters and bomb shelters, and that they are in good condition. Local authorities must check that they are accessible and ready to accommodate people during air raid alerts.<\/p>\n<p>The third priority is to strengthen Ukraine\u2019s anti-ballistic capabilities. No public announcement has been made regarding exactly which systems will be deployed or how many interceptor missiles will be required.<\/p>\n<h2>Targeting launch sites will complement anti-missile defences<\/h2>\n<p>The President stated that Ukraine needs not only to intercept <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/world\/kndr-raketnyi-pidrozdil-rosia-ukraina\/\">ballistic missiles<\/a>, but also to destroy the launchers on Russian territory. \u00abWe will destroy ballistic missile launchers on Russian territory,\u00bb said Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n<p>Ballistic missiles are difficult targets for air defence due to their high speed and short flight time. Therefore, the stated intention to target launchers may complement, rather than replace, missile defence.<\/p>\n<p>The President did not disclose the types of weapons to be used, the possible areas of operation or the timeframe for these operations. In July, Zelenskyy announced the establishment of a special command within the Armed Forces of Ukraine to focus resources on reducing Russia\u2019s military capabilities.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zelenskyy announced that ballistic missile launchers in the Russian Federation had been destroyed. Among the National Security and Defence Council\u2019s priorities are the protection of infrastructure and shelters.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":26588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_description":"\u0417\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0437\u0430\u044f\u0432\u0438\u0432 \u043f\u0440\u043e \u0437\u043d\u0438\u0449\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u043f\u0443\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0445 \u0443\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u043a \u0431\u0430\u043b\u0456\u0441\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0438 \u0432 \u0420\u0424. \u0421\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0434 \u043f\u0440\u0456\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0442\u0435\u0442\u0456\u0432 \u0420\u041d\u0411\u041e \u2014 \u0437\u0430\u0445\u0438\u0441\u0442 \u0456\u043d\u0444\u0440\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0443\u043a\u0442\u0443\u0440\u0438 \u0439 \u0443\u043a\u0440\u0438\u0442\u0442\u044f.","rank_math_title":"\u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0430 \u0437\u043d\u0438\u0449\u0443\u0432\u0430\u0442\u0438\u043c\u0435 \u043f\u0443\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0456 \u0443\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432\u043a\u0438 \u0431\u0430\u043b\u0456\u0441\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0438 \u0420\u0424","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u043f\u0443\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0456 \u0443\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432\u043a\u0438","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805616],"tags":[806805],"class_list":["post-26589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-main-news","tag-806805"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26589"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26590,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26589\/revisions\/26590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}