BLACK SMOCKE FILLED THE MOSCOW SKY. This is a new phase in a conflict that has already lasted longer than World War I, with Ukraine intensifying its effort to bring the war home for Russians despite the Kremlin's attempts to insulate society from the impacts of the warfare. (NYT)
Many Russians have become nervous about sharing imagery and video online of the increasing Ukrainian attacks. The Moscow antiterrorism task force last month issued an order restricting the publication of photos and videos showing the aftermath of Ukrainian attacks. (NYT)
Thursday's attacks appear to have been the largest drone strike against the Russian capital since Putin launched the war more than four years ago. Further, persistent Ukrainian drone assaults against Russian oil refineries & processing facilities have threatened to cause fuel shortages. (NYT)
Zelensky, in a voice memo shared with journalists on Thursday, warned, “If Ukraine burns, then your Moscow will burn as well.”(NYT)
Zelensky cast the drone onslaught as a response to an attack this week on the Pechersk Lavra monastery complex in Kyiv, one of the holiest sites in Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Russia claimed that the complex had been hit by an errant Ukrainian interceptor missile. (NYT)
