Another day, another swarm. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin claims Ukraine launched a staggering 340 drones toward the Russian capital over a single 24-hour stretch. According to him, air defenses intercepted the vast majority long before they could rattle city windows.
Sobyanin took to Telegram to boast about the shootdowns. He claimed over 50 of the incoming craft were blasted out of the sky on the direct approach to Moscow, with the rest neutralized further out. It is a familiar routine. Kyiv sends the drones, and Sobyanin tallies the wreckage.
But this is not just about Moscow’s airspace. Ukraine is systematically squeezing Russia’s economic arteries. They are hunting oil.
Kyiv’s military confirmed fresh strikes targeting the Salavat petrochemical plant deep in the Urals, alongside another hit on the Afipsky refinery in the south. It is working. These relentless raids on energy infrastructure have triggered genuine gasoline shortages across Russia.
Meanwhile, the Kremlin is retaliating with its own heavy metal. Kyiv is taking a beating.
Russian forces unleashed a massive wave of drones and ballistic missiles at the Ukrainian capital early Tuesday. That makes five major assaults on Kyiv this month alone. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy reported damage to 16 sites across the city, including a school. Local officials spent the morning putting out fires.
