Ukraine struck a luxury skyscraper 4 miles from the Kremlin, threatening Moscow’s Victory Day parade

• A drone crashed into a luxury residential tower near Moscow city center on Monday.

• This is one of Ukraine’s deepest attacks on Moscow as it prepares for the Victory Day parade.

• Ukraine frequently carries out such attacks to undermine the parade, which will not display equipment this year.

A Ukrainian drone crashed into a luxury high-rise tower in Moscow on Monday; It was a rare attack close to the heart of Russia’s capital, just days before this year’s attack. Victory Day parade.

Multiple videos posted on Russian Telegram news channels showed debris strewn across the main road near the Mosfilm tower, a two-building residential complex about 4 miles from downtown Moscow.

Business Insider was unable to determine when these videos and photos were taken, but they are consistent with street signs and city layout near the Mosfilm tower.

Another clip showed emergency vehicles and road traffic stopped at the intersection next to the complex.

The target appears to be the taller of the two buildings; The photos show visible damage to one of the upper floors of the 54-storey tower.

Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin confirmed the attack on Monday evening, saying a drone crashed into a building on Mosfilmovskaya Street. Sobyanin said there were no injuries.

The attack on the Mosfilm tower on Monday is one of them. Ukraine’s deepest drone hits In the heavily defended Russian capital. The skyscraper is located in one of Moscow’s wealthiest neighborhoods, with major foreign embassies just down the road and a downtown golf course nearby.

The strike also comes five days before Russia’s annual parade to celebrate the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during World War II.

For the past few years, Ukraine has harassed Moscow by attempting drone strikes ahead of the parade, one of the greatest displays of Russia’s military might.

Last year, as Moscow prepared to host dozens of world leaders in Kiev for one of the parade’s high-profile events. Has repeatedly disrupted local airports by launching waves of drone attacks.

This year, the Kremlin said it would hold a scaled-back version of the parade that would not display key military equipment because of the war situation and the threat of a Ukrainian attack.

“This is very meaningful,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday while attending a summit in Armenia. “This shows that they are no longer strong.”

Zelenskyy also hinted at other drone threats to Moscow this month, saying Russian officials were “afraid of drones buzzing over Red Square” during the parade.

Russia’s defense ministry said at least 117 Ukrainian drones en route to the capital were shot down on Sunday night.

Because Moscow is approximately 275 miles from the nearest Ukrainian border, Kyiv is frequently fixed wing drones to attack the capital.

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