War Comes to Moscow, but Ukraine Still Faces a Deeper Problem

When the lid of an oil reservoir at Moscow’s Kapotnya oil refinery was blown into the air by a Ukrainian drone strike, it was not just another wartime video. It was a symbol. A symbol of how the frontline, long kept far from the Russian capital, is increasingly crossing into its borders. For Moscow, it was not only an attack on infrastructure but also on the myth of invulnerability. For years, the Russian capital has been regarded as...

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