Drone hits Moscow high-rise days before Victory Day parade
A Ukrainian drone has hit a residential high-rise in Moscow, causing visible damage to the building's facade and prompting overnight airport disruption in the Russian capital.
The strike took place in the early hours of Monday in an upmarket neighbourhood in south-west Moscow, according to the supplied rows.
No casualties were reported, and two other drones were intercepted, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said.
Vnukovo and Domodedovo international airports suspended operations overnight.
The Russian defence ministry said 117 drones were intercepted over several Russian regions between Sunday and Monday.
The incident comes days before Russia's scaled-back 9 May parade to mark the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany.
The building that was hit is said to be less than 10km from the Kremlin and Red Square, where the parade will be held.
The attack is the third night in a row that Moscow has come under drone attack, according to the supplied rows.
Drone alerts have repeatedly disrupted air traffic around the capital since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
The Russian defence ministry said 60 of the drones were aimed at the St Petersburg region, which the regional governor described as a "massive" attack.
The rows also say local phone operators announced mobile internet restrictions in Moscow for much of the week ahead for security reasons.
The Kremlin last week said it would scale back the annual parade because of what it called a terrorist threat from Ukraine.
