Drone strikes Moscow high-rise just 6 km from Kremlin — video
The attack took place amid preparations for the May 9 parade in Moscow (Photo: @bazabazon)
An explosion caused by a drone attack shook Moscow five days before the planned May 9 parade, which Russian authorities traditionally turn into a propaganda show, local public channels reported overnight on May 4.
The attack occurred amid Moscow's preparations for the May 9 parade.
An unknown UAV hit a high-rise building in the area of Mosfilmovskaya Street, according to reports from local public channels. Residents of the Moscow suburbs earlier filmed the drone flying overhead.
Ukrainian public channel Exilenova+ wrote at 6:52 a.m. that the drone that fell in Moscow overnight was an FP-1 type attack drone. This information was yet to be confirmed.
The channel also published a map showing the crash site of the UAV, the Kremlin, and the State Research and Production Space Center in Moscow, one of the leading enterprises of the Russian rocket and space industry.
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin confirmed that, as of preliminary data, a drone hit a building in the Mosfilmovskaya area at 3:03 a.m.
There are no casualties, he added. Emergency services are working at the scene.
The damaged high-rise is located 6 kilometers from the Kremlin, Astra Telegram channel reported.
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