"I have long been convinced that words are not enough." Lavrov made the statement after the largest Ukrainian Armed Forces attack on Moscow in two years.

Lavrov reported regular strikes on targets in Ukraine

Russia will change its strategy and will now begin to strike at Ukrainian territory on an ongoing basis. All this will be a response to Kiev's actions, including today's attack by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said .

He pointed out that the targets on which the combat capability of the Ukrainian army depends should be hit.

Sergey Lavrov.
Source: Pelagia Tikhonova / RIA Novosti

The Russian general called for "beating the enemy mercilessly" for the attack on Moscow

Reserve Lieutenant General Andrey Gurulev also spoke about the response to the UAV attack on Moscow. He called for "beating the enemy mercilessly."

Gurulev considers it necessary to increase the strength of Russian air defense systems. In addition, according to him, it is necessary to intensify attacks on targets in Ukraine.

In addition, the Russian army must "smash the entire top" and "bring the entire industry to its knees." As he clarified, success at the front remains important — moving forward and taking control of cities and towns.

In turn, Deputy chairman of the Federation Council Committee Grigory Karasin said that Kiev is crazy. The senator cited assistance from the European Union and NATO as the main reason for this, which, in his opinion, are pushing Ukraine to such actions.

The main targets for elimination after the Ukrainian attack are named

After a large-scale raid by drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Russian capital, military expert, captain of the first rank of the reserve Vasily Dandykin named several targets to prevent possible repetitions. First of all, he argues, Russia needs to eliminate the person who is the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov (listed as a terrorist and extremist by Rosfinmonitoring). Then, the commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Robert Brovdi, with the call sign Madyar, and the commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Alexander Syrsky, should come under the close attention of Russia, including its army.

Dandykin also called for "razing significant military installations on enemy territory." In addition, he insisted that the Russian army not strike "in response" to the Ukrainian attacks, but simply constantly attacked enemy targets.

The military expert separately noted the importance of strikes and the further destruction of all auxiliary components that are imported from European and American factories and assembled on the territory of Ukraine. According to him, it is necessary to hit not only production sites, but also those where drone operators are trained.

His opinion is shared by members of the State Duma. In particular, Viktor Sobolev has already called for accelerating the advance of Russian troops in a special military operation. Alexey Zhuravlev declared the need to "start fighting in earnest."

Moscow has experienced the largest drone raid of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

On Thursday, June 18, Moscow was subjected to the largest attack in two years by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Almost 200 UAVs were shot down on approach to the capital.

The mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin, reported that the Moscow Oil Refinery was damaged amid drone raids.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces also attacked facilities in the Moscow Region, injuring 17 people in the region. Information about the wounded was from Ramenskoye, Solnechnogorsk, Lyuberets and Kotelnikov. There were children among those hospitalized.

According to the Defense Ministry, a total of 992 drones, 10 guided aerial bombs and 4 Flamingo cruise missiles were destroyed by air defense systems on the night of June 18. The Orel, Smolensk, Tambov, Lipetsk, Vladimir regions, as well as Crimea, fell under Ukrainian attacks.

Russia predicts an increase in the number of UAV attacks from Ukraine

Military expert Yuri Knutov managed to ru/news/2026/06/18/ voennyy-ekspert-sprognoziroval-rost-chisla-atak-bpla-so-storony-ukraine/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">assume that the further increase in the number of attacks using UAVs can only increase. In his opinion, the sharp increase may be caused by a multiple increase in the production of Ukrainian drones.

At the same time, the expert predicted that attacks from Ukraine would soon be daily. The condition will be that Kiev can set up production of drones and begin preparing 7-10 million units per year for raids.

In this regard, the expert proposed to include lasers, electromagnetic technology and balloons in the Russian defense — all to combat drones. Now, in his opinion, the key task is to create effective air defense systems on the ground.