Moscow hit by drone attacks, Russia experiences own medicine.

Ukraine Launches Biggest Ever Drone Attack on Moscow

In a daring move, Ukraine launched its biggest ever drone attack on Moscow, bringing the 15-month war in Ukraine to the heart of the Russian capital. However, all eight drones were destroyed by Russian air defences. Drone attacks deep inside Russia have intensified in recent weeks ahead of an expected Ukrainian counter-offensive, with strikes on oil pipelines and even the Kremlin earlier this month that Moscow has blamed on Ukraine.

“It is, of course, obvious that this is an attack by the Kyiv regime,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “And this must be absolutely clearly understood.”

Despite the destruction of the drones, debris hit some of Moscow’s most prestigious areas including Leninsky Prospekt and the area of western Moscow where the Russian elite, including President Vladimir Putin, have their residences. Residents in south-western Moscow reported hearing loud bangs and seeing a plume of smoke rising over the skyline.

Moscow Under Attack

It was unclear how Putin would react to the drone attack, which brings the war in Ukraine to the capital of the world’s biggest nuclear power. So far, Putin has kept the war in Ukraine far from Moscow, where life has continued relatively normally despite the biggest crisis in Russia’s ties with the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.

Russian lawmaker Alexander Khinshtein, from the ruling United Russia bloc, said the attacks on Moscow were likely to increase. “The sabotage and terrorist attacks of Ukraine will only increase,” Khinshtein said. “It is necessary to radically strengthen defence and security measures, especially in terms of countering drones. This includes finally passing the necessary laws.”

• Drone attacks deep inside Russia have intensified in recent weeks
• Residents in south-western Moscow reported hearing loud bangs and seeing a plume of smoke rising over the skyline
• All eight drones were destroyed by Russian air defences

There is little sign of peace in one of the deadliest wars in Europe since World War Two, and Moscow has repeatedly warned that the West is escalating the war by supplying Kyiv with so much weaponry. The United States has repeatedly said it does not want a war with Russia and has said Ukraine should not use Western weapons to attack inside Russia.

Despite the ongoing conflict, Moscow’s airports remained open and no deaths were reported. The Russian president does not at present have any plans to make a special address to the Russian people, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.