‘This is the new reality’: Ukraine drone strike brings war to streets of Moscow

In the Moscow district of Maryino on Friday, shopkeeper Andrei Kondratyev braced for more Ukrainian

attacks and possible petrol shortages, saying Russians needed to “get used to” a new reality.

Such scenes were unthinkable when Moscow launched its full-scale offensive against Ukraine in 2022, but have in recent months become part of life in Russia.

Kyiv has sent drones into Russia as far as the Urals in retaliation for Moscow bombing its cities daily.

“We need to already get used to the fact that it can happen anywhere and to anyone. I think we just need to hold it together,” Kondratyev, 47, said.

The strikes killed one person – an eight-year-old girl – and wounded over a dozen, Moscow said.