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Putin Daughter's S-400 Near Kremlin Sparks Ukraine’s 40-Day Counter-Operation

6/27/2026

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A S-400 missile-defense complex was erected on the Innopraktika Foundation grounds, a project headed by President Vladimir Putin’s daughter Katerina Tikhonova.
Satellite images show a concrete platform that matches the S-400 deployment less than 10 kilometers from the Kremlin.
After Ukraine announced on June 24 that Fire Point produced two domestic ballistic missiles, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy authorized a 40-day security-service operation on June 25 to pressure Russia to end the war.

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A S-400 missile-defense complex was erected on the Innopraktika Foundation grounds, a project headed by President Vladimir Putin’s daughter Katerina Tikhonova.
Satellite images show a concrete platform that matches the S-400 deployment less than 10 kilometers from the Kremlin.
After Ukraine announced on June 24 that Fire Point produced two domestic ballistic missiles, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy authorized a 40-day security-service operation on June 25 to pressure Russia to end the war.