Long-range Ukrainian drone strikes against Moscow and the Moscow region have exposed something the Kremlin desperately tried to hide for years: Russia can no longer fully defend its own capital.This was not simply another symbolic drone raid. It was a coordinated strike against fuel infrastructure, missile production facilities, military electronics, and civilian logistics. Ukrainian drones targeted the Moscow oil refinery in Kapotnya, one of Russia’s largest fuel-processing centers, along with the Raduga design bureau in Dubna, where Kalibr and Oniks cruise missiles are produced. The attacks also reached facilities connected to military microelectronics in Zelenograd and disrupted activity around Sheremetyevo airport.For years, Moscow presented itself as untouchable — the protected center of a militarized empire capable of projecting power abroad while remaining completely secure at home. That illusion is now collapsing.
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Even more important than the physical damage is the psychological effect inside Russia itself. Millions of Russians have now seen that the war is no longer something happening only in distant Ukrainian cities. Explosions, panic, and disrupted infrastructure have reached Moscow.
