The video is a week old. Russian soldiers filmed their staged display with flags and withdrew from Novosoloshyne via Liubitske, which may no longer have a Russian presence either.
Remember, what matters is that a general has pinned a new medal on himself for the virtual capture of a locality. No matter the cost of lives. (Sarcasm)

Moscow Oblast is under attack from dozens of Ukrainian long-range drones right now.

Air defence activity is reported around the outskirts of the capital, as they try to prevent the Ukrainian drones from reaching the city limits.

The IRGC attacked another vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, resulting in damage to the engine room and one casualty among the crew.

The rest of the crew are now being assisted by the Omani Coast Guard.

During today's massive drone attack on Moscow, Ukraine launched over 500 long-range drones of various types. One of the targets was the Moscow Oil Refinery.

Of these 500+ drones, not a single one impacted. Every single drone was intercepted by the first, second, and third rings of air defence around Moscow, as well as by mobile fire groups along the way through Ryazan, Tula, Kursk, Kaluga, Oryol, and Smolensk Oblasts. Several small fires broke out in various parts of Moscow Oblast due to falling debris.

Over 500 drones that could be used to attack valuable Russian targets closer to the border with much higher damage were wasted in a futile attack on Moscow. And unlike Ukraine, Russia doesn't appear to be anywhere near running out of interceptor missile stockpiles, and has sufficient mobile fire groups and interceptor drones to intercept drones along the way.

You may remember that I made a post back in June comparing the interception rate of Ukrainian drones attacking Moscow.

In October 2025, 150 out of 150 drones were shot down. In June 2026, at least 8 out of 300+ drones impacted the Moscow Oil Refinery. At the time, I explained that this was due to Ukraine's drone warfare capabilities have improved significantly, rather than Russian air defence capabilities decreasing. I even argued that Russian air defence was becoming more effective.

And it appears that time proved me right, with tonight's attack resulting in 100% of the 500+ drones flying towards Moscow being shot down - the most impressive interception rate yet considering how many drones were launched in such a short period of time.

While I still hold that Ukrainian drone capabilities are at their best yet, Russian air defence continues to improve, outpacing Ukraine's drone capabilities. Russia produces massive amounts of interceptor missiles of various types (Pantsir, Tor, S-300, etc), and does this entirely domestically. They also are implementing large numbers of interceptor drones, which continue to increase every day. Furthermore, Russia has significantly stepped up their usage of mobile fire groups, which are a more cost-effective solution, and often more effective in general when dealing with very low-flying drones.

Earlier tonight, at least four airstrikes targeted the runway at Abu al-Duhur Airbase in Idlib Governorate, northwestern Syria, likely carried out by the Israeli Air Force.

Possibly due to recent increased Russian advances in several different sectors, the Ukrainian General Staff has stopped providing map updates in their daily reports.

This follows the decision by the Ukrainian Air Force to stop reporting on the numbers of Russian ballistic missiles intercepted, due to a lack of Patriot PAC-3 interceptors available for any interceptions.

Large fires are seen burning in the city of Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, following overnight Russian Geran-2 drone strikes.