The Security Service of Ukraine is intensifying operations deep in russian-controlled territory to bring the war as close to the kremlin as possible. The priority targets include russian warships, military bases, logistics corridors for weapons supplies, etc, the SSU Head Vasyl Maliuk told POLITICO.

“The SSU carries out targeted point strikes. We stab the enemy with a needle right in the heart. Each of our special operations pursues a specific goal and gives its result. All this in a complex complicates the capabilities of the russian federation for waging war and brings our victory closer,” Vasyl Maliuk said.

With the help of Sea Baby drones, the SSU is gradually pushing the Black Sea Fleet of the russian federation out of Crimea. The drones have been used to attack the Kerch Bridge as well as to hammer russian ships.

That forced moscow to shift much of the fleet away from its base in occupied Sevastopol in Crimea, leaving the west of the sea free of russian vessels and allowing Ukraine to resume use of its ports for shipping.

The SSU carefully selects its targets before striking. “We work on military facilities or on those that the enemy uses to carry out their military tasks. We act fully by the norms of international law,” Vasyl Maliuk said.

The SSU conducts most of its operations on Ukraine’s territory — in Donbas, Crimea and the Black Sea. “This is our land and we will use all possible methods to free it from the occupiers,” the SSU Head stated.

“We are always looking for new solutions. So, cotton will continue to burn,” Vasyl Maliuk said.