Ukraine fires 400 drones toward Moscow in latest major attack

Key Points:

• Ukraine launched over 400 drones toward Moscow in a major attack, causing injuries and damage to residential buildings and infrastructure, including fires at an industrial park and possibly an oil depot near the capital.
• The drone assault followed Russian ballistic missile strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, continuing a cycle of tit-for-tat attacks that complicate prospects for ending the ongoing conflict.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy faces a domestic political crisis after a government reshuffle exposed divisions within the military leadership, prompting protests and plans for key talks to maintain unity in the war effort.
• Ukraine also targeted Russian logistics facilities and oil depots far from the border, as well as Russian vessels in the Black Sea, demonstrating advances in long-range drone capabilities that challenge Russia’s vast territory.
• Russia has increased its use of ballistic missiles, which are harder to intercept and have caused civilian casualties in Ukraine, reportedly drawing from stockpiles to sustain the intensified bombardment despite production limits.