A Ukrainian drone struck a residential tower in western Moscow early Monday, blowing out walls in a high-floor apartment and scattering debris across the area, according to city officials and Russian media reports.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said there were no casualties after the drone hit a building near Mosfilmovskaya Street around 1 a.m. Emergency crews were dispatched to the scene.
Local Telegram channels, including Mash, also identified the target as the high-rise residential complex on Mosfilmovskaya Street. The strike destroyed walls in three rooms of an apartment on the 36th floor, while part of the facade collapsed onto a parked car below.
Debris and shattered glass were thrown dozens of meters. The site lies roughly 6 kilometers from the Kremlin, according to Astra.
Sobyanin later said air defenses intercepted two more drones approaching the capital but gave no details on where they were downed.
Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed its air defenses shot down 117 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones overnight across multiple regions, including around Moscow.
The wave of attacks triggered temporary flight restrictions at several regional airports, while Moscow’s main hubs – Vnukovo, Domodedovo, and Sheremetyevo – operated under tightened coordination.
The strike follows a similar barrage on May 3, when, according to Sobyanin, eight drones targeting Moscow were intercepted throughout the day, disrupting airport operations.
The renewed attacks come just days before Russia’s May 9 Victory Day parade – a key Kremlin showpiece. Authorities have already scaled back the event.
For the first time since 2007, no columns of heavy military equipment are expected to roll through Red Square.
The parade will include Russian army personnel, aviation teams and Su-25 attack aircraft, but no traditional columns of tanks, armored vehicles or other heavy military hardware are planned.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the parade would proceed in a “reduced format,” citing the “operational situation” and what Moscow calls a terrorist threat from Kyiv.
Amid the escalation, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a one-day ceasefire for May 9 in a call with US President Donald Trump.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had instructed his team to contact the Trump administration to clarify whether the proposal discussed between Trump and Putin amounted only to “a few hours of security for a parade” or something more substantial.
Ukraine has instead demanded an unconditional 30-day ceasefire as a first step to test Russia’s genuine willingness to pursue a lasting peace.
“We value human lives, not parades,” Zelensky said, adding that Kyiv would not accept a temporary pause that merely allows Russian forces to regroup.
Peskov told reporters that the temporary halt in hostilities “will be implemented” regardless of Kyiv’s response and stressed that “a response is not, in fact, required.”