Russia shifts air defenses to Moscow as Ukraine drones strike deep, Zelenskyy says

Key Points:

• Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reports that Russia is reallocating significant air defenses to protect key sites like Moscow, Valdai, and the Kerch Bridge, as Ukraine’s long-range drones intensify strikes deep inside Russia.
• Ukrainian forces recently hit two Russian oil refineries in Ufa and an oil depot in the Krasnodar region, causing fuel shortages and disrupting Russian military supply lines.
• Ukraine’s advanced drones, capable of flying over 1,500 kilometers, have targeted major Russian cities including Moscow and St. Petersburg, and Ukraine aims to isolate Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014.
• Belarus appears to have disabled relay equipment used by Russian drones to strike Ukraine, following Ukrainian demands and threats of military action; Ukraine is also strengthening defenses along its northern border.
• Russia responded with missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian civilian gas stations, causing injuries and damage, while claiming to have shot down hundreds of Ukrainian drones in recent countermeasures.