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Russia Vows Massive Retaliatory Strikes Against Ukraine After Kyiv's Largest-Ever Drone Attack on Moscow

6/21/2026

Ukraine launched its largest-ever drone attack on Moscow, and Russia immediately pledged to respond with frequent "massive group strikes" against Ukrainian territory.

The exchange signals that both sides are actively raising the ceiling on what they are willing to target and how hard, rather than settling into any predictable pattern of reciprocal restraint.

The Attack on Moscow Targeting Moscow directly — and at a volume that constitutes the largest drone barrage Ukraine has ever mounted against the Russian capital — marks a deliberate escalation in both reach and ambition.

Kyiv's decision to push the envelope on the Russian capital, rather than limit long-range strikes to frontier infrastructure or logistics nodes closer to the border, is a signal of changed intent as much as changed capability.

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