Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says intercepted intelligence indicates Russian President Vladimir Putin has removed restrictions that had governed earlier air campaigns. Zelensky links the change to what he describes as an increase in attacks on civilians.
The claim is presented by the outlet as part of a broader allegation that Moscow is disregarding limits associated with the conduct of war. The information attributed to Kyiv comes from intercepted communications, but the specific details of the restrictions and the evidence cited are not provided in the available reporting.
Across the sources provided, the central points are the same: Zelensky makes the allegation based on intelligence interception, and he associates it with a rise in civilian harm. Differences in emphasis are not apparent beyond the framing that Putin is ordering military leaders to “abandon” rules, rather than describing it as a change to operational constraints.
