More than four years into a war that has reshaped the European security order, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stepped forward in late September 2026 to name what intelligence assessments had begun to reveal: Russia was preparing not another grinding exchange of fire, but a massive new offensive. His warning reached beyond Ukraine's borders, invoking the possibility that Russian aggression could touch NATO soil itself — a reminder that wars of this scale rarely confine themselves to the lines drawn on maps. In issuing this alert, Zelenskyy was asking Europe to reckon with a truth it ha
Zelenskyy warns of massive Russian attack and risks to European allies
Zelenskyy's warning implies potential mass casualties from planned Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilian and military targets.
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