“Today, the Defense Forces of Ukraine, our Security Service of Ukraine, and our intelligence carried out a large-scale operation targeting the Moscow region. The war is quite predictably returning to its “native harbor,” and this is a clear signal that one should not pick a fight with Ukraine.”

Today, the Defense Forces of Ukraine, our Security Service of Ukraine, and our intelligence carried out a large-scale operation targeting the Moscow region. A good wave of our deep strikes – we are ensuring that Ukraine has this capability. The distance to the targets this time was more than 500 kilometers, and this is significant also because the Moscow region is the most heavily saturated with Russian air defense systems. They protect the area around their seat of power most of all. But Ukrainian long-range steps are already overcoming this.

As I said yesterday, Russians should be thinking about their refineries, their oil facilities and enterprises – not about how to ruin the lives of other nations, whether in Ukraine, Moldova, or any other neighboring country. Over the past day, our Defense Forces also struck facilities in the temporarily occupied territory – including in Crimea.

Our long-range capabilities are significantly changing the situation – and, more broadly, the world’s perception of Russia’s war. Many partners are now signaling that they see what is happening and how everything has changed – both in attitudes toward this war and in the reachability of Russian targets on Russian territory. The war is quite predictably returning to its “native harbor,” and this is a clear signal that one should not pick a fight with Ukraine or wage an unjust war of conquest against another people – specifically, against the people.