1/ Russian Telegram space is speculating over the type of drone that attacked Moscow today. Given the available images, and the fact that the drones look like the ones that struck Krasnodar earlier, some are saying its the new "Bober" kamikaze UAV. focus.ua/voennye-novost… 
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1663401852166127619
2/ "Bober" was unveiled two weeks ago (some were bult last year) and is a self-initiated drone project by blogger under the name "Lachen." Its possible that the government took over this project to mass-produce these drones. More information is needed to draw final conclusions.
3/ This attack may have included other commercial drones that were repurposed for combat - both sides apparently use Chinese-made Mugin-5 which has a long range (this time it wasn't involved). They key to such drones is range, and the ability to fly through Russia's AD/EW.
4/ This was a response for the recent Russian mass drone strike on Kyiv that included over 50 Shahed drones, most of which were shot down. Today's strike demonstrates that Moscow is also vulnerable to such strikes, that air/EW defense is not absolute, and that...
5/ ...Ukraine retains a technological parity with Moscow when it come to producing long-range drones that can fly for hundreds of kilometers, no matter where they were launched from. There is another key detail here in official state media -
6/ - that while Moscow says all were neutralized by EW and Pantsir-S air defense systems (image below), it appears that many such defenses were pulled from other areas to protect Moscow itself, leaving possible gaps that can be exploited by Ukrainian drones.
7/ Russia's Prigozhin once again launched a tirade against the MOD (but not the Kremlin) for allowing such strikes: "Filthy bastards, what are you doing? You assholes! Get your ass out of the offices you've been put in to defend this country. You are the Ministry of Defense. You… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
8/ Re. if this attack may have included a UJ-22 drone - its entirely possible that some of them were in fact UJ-22s, but the available videos show a "push" airframe design with the propeller in the back of a drone - a UJ-22 (below) has a classical "pull" design with propeller in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
9/ Some Russian Telegram channels are confirming that some of the drone shot down over Moscow were in fact UJ-22, others featured a "push" frame design. t.me/dronesrussia/2…
10/ Other Telegram channels are speculating that at least some of the drones were in fact small - possibly quadcopter deign - that were probably launched form Russia proper. t.me/dronesrussia/2…
11/ More eyewitness video from the alleged drone strike includes the following design - this appears to be a commercial-type drone. t.me/dronesrussia/2…
12/ Moscow is once again interfering with and stifling GPS signals after this morning's drone strikes.
13/ Very useful effort to geolocate all drone strikes today.
https://twitter.com/kromark/status/1663492455944036358
14/ One of the affected regions was Rublevka - an elite suburb outside of Moscow that is home to Russia's most powerful and influential individuals. Many pro-Kremlin Telegram bloggers are now hoping this would finally wake up the elites to the war.
15/ Russia's State Duma deputy Andrey Gurulyov is preparing a bill on criminal punishment for filming drones in flight - essentially banning eyewitness recording of attacks. Russians who see a drone in flight should call "112" and report the UAV coordinates.
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