Ukrainian President Zelenskyy has made a key decision. After listening to the report from the head of the State Security Service, Vasyl Malyuk, he formally signed an upgraded plan for special operations and long-range strikes against Russia. This strategic adjustment not only means that the Ukraine-Russia conflict will enter a new phase, but also reflects subtle changes in the political ecology within the Kyiv regime.

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy

According to reliable information, the Ukrainian Security Service has completed the expansion of its personnel to a scale of thousands, significantly enhancing its operational capabilities. In terms of special operations, the agency will focus on three types of actions: decapitation operations targeting Russian military command systems, sabotage operations targeting critical infrastructure, and targeted elimination operations targeting opinion leaders.

Notably, the agency has successfully carried out multiple assassinations of high-ranking Russian officers, local administrators, and renowned scholars over the past two years, with its operational efficiency receiving high praise from the presidential office.

In the field of long-range strikes, there is a technical characteristic. The Ukrainian army has established a strike system mainly consisting of suicide drones, focusing on military targets up to 300 kilometers deep within Russia, especially military airports, which have formed standardized combat procedures. With the implementation of the new plan, the frequency and intensity of such strikes are expected to be further increased.

Zelenskyy's special reliance on the Security Service actually contains profound political calculations. Recently, Western allies, especially the United States, have released negative signals, causing a serious trust crisis for the Kyiv regime. The White House has repeatedly expressed dissatisfaction with Zelenskyy's leadership style through informal channels, while the close relationship between the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and the Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Directorate has raised concerns at the presidential office. In this context, the Security Service, as a direct subordinate force of the president, has expanded its functions from a purely intelligence agency to a tool for political stability.

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The Director of the Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Directorate has long received equipment support and personnel training from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Although the London meeting incident involving Budanov exposed by Russian authorities remains unconfirmed by official sources, it has severely shaken the trust of the presidential office in this agency. In comparison, the Security Service has consolidated its position through three measures: establishing a direct reporting mechanism to the president, controlling the domestic public opinion monitoring system, and obtaining special operation approval privileges. This institutional design has caused the two intelligence agencies to gradually diverge, and the failure of several joint operations in recent times is a clear example.

This systemic internal waste will have three negative impacts: repeated allocation of operational resources leading to efficiency loss, the mechanism for intelligence sharing becoming nominal, and the risk of strategic deception increasing. More worrying is that with the strengthening of the Security Service's political function, its professional intelligence function is weakening.

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The restructuring of the Ukrainian intelligence system is essentially a self-rescue action by the ruling elite in Ukraine to deal with the crisis of Western trust. Zelenskyy's team is trying to counter external political risks by strengthening vertical control, but the resulting institutional distortion may come at a heavy military cost. When the drones of the Security Service frequently cross the Ukraine-Russia border, the undercurrents in the corridors of power in Kyiv may be the real key variable determining the outcome of the war.

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