The drone attack that sent plumes of smoke rising over Moscow intensified Ukrainian hopes of bringing the war to Russia.

Britain has tested new long-range weapons that could soon be delivered to Ukraine to allow Kyiv to strike Moscow.

The outlet said a protective cage mounted on the system suggests that possibility. Defense Express analyzed photos posted online of the Pantsir system, which Russian forces installed at an exit from the Moscow Ring Road.

Footage shows a Russian air defense missile traveling toward a fuel silo, which erupts in an explosion around the time of its arrival.

European Council President António Costa, who chaired their two-day summit in Brussels this week, had directed his office to reach out to the Kremlin. Costa said his aim was not to mediate or set up a parallel negotiating track to the one led by the United States,