Published: · Region: Eastern and Southern Ukraine · Category: Forecast

Continued Ukraine Deep Strikes and Russian Air Raids Increase Civilian Hardship on Both Sides

Theater: Eastern and Southern Ukraine
Time horizon: 7d
Published: 2026-06-23
Moderate confidence (74%)
Risk direction: escalatory · Impact: HIGH

Executive summary

In the next week, Ukraine’s deep-strike campaign on Russian infrastructure and ongoing Russian airstrikes on Ukrainian cities like Mykolaiv and Kharkiv will lead to more power, fuel, and service disruptions affecting civilians in both countries. Ukrainians will face blackouts and urban insecurity, while Russian communities near targeted fuel and logistics hubs will encounter shortages, localized pollution, and psychological stress from previously untouched areas coming under fire. Humanitarian organizations will struggle to access newly affected zones in Russia and contested areas of Ukraine. Confirmation would include additional strikes causing civilian outages, emergency fuel rationing, or evacuations; denial would be an unexpected lull in long-range strikes from either side.

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