{"id":3761,"date":"2026-09-21T09:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T09:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo1.evirtualservices.com\/mediacriticsandassociates\/site\/?p=3761"},"modified":"2026-09-21T09:01:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T09:01:38","slug":"russia-signals-intensified-strikes-on-kyiv-after-major-drone-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo1.evirtualservices.com\/mediacriticsandassociates\/site\/russia-signals-intensified-strikes-on-kyiv-after-major-drone-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Signals Intensified Strikes on Kyiv After Major Drone Assault"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia has vowed to <strong>intensify its strikes on Kyiv<\/strong> following a major Ukrainian drone assault targeting Moscow and other Russian regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russian officials described the attack as one of the largest drone assaults on Moscow since the war began. Russian authorities reported casualties and damage to infrastructure, including a facility at the Moscow Oil Refinery. Ukraine said the operation targeted Russian oil and logistics facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response, Russia&#8217;s Defense Ministry said it would increase what it described as precision strikes against military targets in Kyiv. Ukraine has not indicated that it will halt its campaign against Russian military and energy infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The escalation comes as international attention remains focused on the war in Ukraine and ongoing diplomatic efforts. Further Russian strikes on Kyiv could increase civilian risks and add pressure to already fragile efforts toward de-escalation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia has vowed to intensify its strikes on Kyiv following a major Ukrainian drone assault targeting Moscow and other Russian regions. Russian officials described the attack as one of the largest drone assaults on Moscow since the war began. Russian authorities reported casualties and damage to infrastructure, including a facility at the Moscow Oil Refinery. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo1.evirtualservices.com\/mediacriticsandassociates\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo1.evirtualservices.com\/mediacriticsandassociates\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo1.evirtualservices.com\/mediacriticsandassociates\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo1.evirtualservices.com\/mediacriticsandassociates\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo1.evirtualservices.com\/mediacriticsandassociates\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3761"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/demo1.evirtualservices.com\/mediacriticsandassociates\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3762,"href":"https:\/\/demo1.evirtualservices.com\/mediacriticsandassociates\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3761\/revisions\/3762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo1.evirtualservices.com\/mediacriticsandassociates\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo1.evirtualservices.com\/mediacriticsandassociates\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo1.evirtualservices.com\/mediacriticsandassociates\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo1.evirtualservices.com\/mediacriticsandassociates\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}