The war that was meant to end "in a few days" has entered its fifth year, and now it is reaching the very heart of Russia. On the night of 22 June, Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow, and Russian air defence claims it downed 58 unmanned aircraft on the approach to the capital.

According to Ukrainian sources on Telegram, around 300 drones were launched towards Russian regions - a figure that remains unconfirmed. The consequences in Moscow were immediately visible: Sheremetyevo airport was temporarily closed to take-offs and landings, and air traffic was disrupted as a precaution. Emergency-service teams were deployed where the wreckage of the downed aircraft had fallen.

The mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, confirmed: "Specialists from the emergency services are working at the site where the debris fell." For now there are no official reports of fatalities or major material damage.

The picture speaks for itself. A country that started the war convinced it would finish in days is now closing its own airports at night because of drones over the capital. The distance between the front and Moscow, which was meant to be a guarantee of safety, clearly no longer means much. And for us in the Balkans, who know all too well what a war looks like when it drags on longer than anyone promised, the lesson is an old one: those who start wars rarely control how they end.