As Ukrainian drones strike deep into Russian territory, they are disrupting day-to-day life and reminding Russians that the war is not confined to the trenches.

A flight carrying an Indian parliamentary delegation, led by DMK lawmaker Kanimozhi, experienced a 40-minute delay upon arrival in Moscow due to temporary airport closures. These closures were prompted by a series of Ukrainian drone attacks targeting the Russian capital,

Sergei Sobyanin, Moscow's mayor, said on Wednesday that air defence forces had downed three drones en route to Russia's capital.

Ukraine pioneered the use of small drones on the battlefield. But in Russia’s Kursk region, Moscow’s fiber-optic cables helped turn the tide.

Ukraine's military launched what has been described as the largest drone assault on Russian territory since March.

Our position is very simple we cannot take responsibility for what happens on the territory of the Russian Federation,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated, highlighting the nature of the geopolitical tensions now playing themselves out across Moscow’s airspaces.