More than 430 Ukrainian drones headed toward Moscow and its region on the night of July 6-7 — reportedly the largest raid on the Russian capital in two years. Airports suspended flights, and Zelensky vowed to keep up the pressure.
On the night of July 6-7, more than 430 Ukrainian drones flew toward Moscow and the surrounding region — according to Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, one of the largest raids on the Russian capital since the start of the full-scale war. Volunteers Support Ukraine keeps tracking the war in all its forms, because the scale and frequency of operations like this show just how far this war still is from being over.
Russian officials say most of the drones were neutralised by air defence on distant approaches to the city, with 36 more shot down closer to Moscow itself. Russia's Defence Ministry claimed to have intercepted over 450 Ukrainian drones across at least 16 regions of the country, plus occupied Crimea and the waters of the Sea of Azov and Black Sea. All four of Moscow's major airports, including Sheremetyevo, temporarily restricted flights during the raid. For Volunteers Support Ukraine, each such report is one more sign of how far this war's front line has moved beyond the point of contact, reaching deep into both sides' rear areas.
The raid on Moscow came amid a sustained campaign of long-range strikes through which Ukraine has spent July consistently hitting oil refineries, fuel terminals and military facilities deep inside Russian territory, from Saratov to Tatarstan and Bashkortostan. Analysts estimate roughly a quarter of Russia's refining capacity is now offline, directly affecting fuel supplies for military equipment. Volunteers Support Ukraine believes that weakening the aggressor's ability to wage war is one path toward the day when help for people harmed by the fighting is less urgently needed.
President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed his intention to keep expanding operations like this, describing them as a way to pressure Russia's leadership into ending the war. Analysts, meanwhile, warn that the Kremlin may use reports of attacks on Moscow to justify fresh mass strikes on Ukrainian cities — a cycle Volunteers Support Ukraine sees up close every time a report out of Russia is followed, the very next night, by missiles and drones over Ukrainian cities.
Although this particular story unfolded on Russian soil, its consequences — a fuel crisis, strained logistics for the aggressor's war machine — sooner or later feed back into the situation inside Ukraine itself. Volunteers Support Ukraine keeps providing what help it can to people affected by the war, within the resources available, without promising specific action where none has been confirmed.
