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.