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.

Russian Geran-4 jet-drones struck two Ukrainian locomotives at the Dniprovska Mine near the village of Shakhtarske, eastern Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Coordinates: 48.46697, 36.23101

Russian KAB glide-bombs continue to strike Ukrainian logistical hubs deep inside Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

This morning, multiple KABs struck the village of Avramivka, which is situated around 50 km from the frontline, along the Dnipro-Pokrovsk Railway Line. Debris from one of the glide-bombs was found in the village following the strikes.

Additionally, Russian KABS have been striking the town of Vasylkivka almost every single day, along with various other towns and villages in this area.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin claims that 627 Ukrainian drones attacking Moscow were shot down by Russian air defence, including around 180 intercepted over Moscow Oblast, and the rest over other regions.