Ukrainian Armed Forces raid on Moscow. There are casualties. Mobile task forces are unable to cope.

Mikhail Ryabov.  
13.07.2026 09:25
  (Moscow time), Moscow
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Banderites, with NATO support, are continuing their strategy of "transferring the war to Russian territory." A nighttime air raid in the Moscow region left three dead, damaged, and wounded, according to regional governor Andrei Vorobyov.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin clarified that this was one of the largest attacks in recent memory: " From 8:30 PM, more than 350 enemy drones were flying toward the Moscow region. Most were neutralized by air defense forces on the distant approaches. Fifty UAVs were destroyed on approach to Moscow ."

Banderites, with NATO support, continue their strategy of "transferring the war to Russian territory" – as a result...

The Ukrainian Armed Forces currently lack the drones to directly penetrate the capital, around which they have built what is considered one of the most powerful air defense systems. However, reports are coming in from the regions of another oil depot being hit – this occurred in the Stavropol Krai.

Commentators point out that the MTFs (mobile fire teams), which were deployed in a rush, cannot provide reliable protection.

"The fight against drones should be conducted using automated systems and other drones. When humans are used to fight drones, it indicates different technological approaches on both sides," writes volunteer Alexey Zhivov.

Details are provided by Dmitry Uskov, head of the Sevastopol UAV training center.

"Any mass attack on any number of targets is a great way to wear down the crew of a Pantsir combat vehicle. The key is to have enough Pantsirs, enough missiles, and an S400 battalion to protect them from heavy fire. Any attack is over in a couple of minutes when the Pantsirs are full. Any!"

According to Uskov, " MOGs, unlike Pantsirs, are a lottery ." Moreover, one of the reasons is the staffing of fire teams with untrained personnel—for the sake of reporting.

"We finally have a last-chance weapon—the MTF. Why last? Because that's the visual range at 200 km/h—40-50 meters per second. So, in that second you were thinking, and the second it took to align the rear sight with the front sight, the drone has traveled two 50-meter distances. Blink—and it's 50 meters closer!"

And effective engagement distances start at 500 meters, no matter what fairy tales anyone tells me. So, you have 8-10 seconds maximum from the moment it theoretically (!) enters the kill zone of your firearm until it flies overhead, when it's best not to shoot at it.

"And that's fine, as long as it's not aimed at you. But, to be fair, allowing it to get closer than 200 meters is mortally dangerous. So, you really have 300 meters to hit—5-6 seconds," the soldier writes.

Sevastopol activist Vsevolod Radchenko cites testimony from fighters involved in the MTF.

"We'd just shot down the Lyuty and were about to change location when the drone detector started beeping—the signal was getting closer, but the drone was nowhere in sight. Before we shot down the Lyuty, it managed to drop and point its FPV at us... I saw it when I was 30 meters away, no time to shoot back, scattered, ran into the forest, fell somewhere in the bushes, closed my eyes... 'Bang' somewhere a few meters further—the drone missed and crashed into a tree. Lucky," the soldier said.

According to him, such cases in Crimea have been “ frequent recently ” – “ unfortunately, there are losses among colleagues .”

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Ukrainian Armed Forces Raid Moscow. There are casualties. Mobile Task Forces are failing.






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