Drone Hits a Moscow High-Rise Days Before a Major Military Parade
The New York Times • • world
Key Points:
- A drone struck a high-rise apartment building near the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday, marking a rare breach of the city’s air defenses amid Ukraine’s expanded long-range attacks inside Russia.
- The attack occurred five days before Russia’s Victory Day parade, which has been significantly downsized due to the growing threat from Ukrainian drones.
- Ukraine has recently targeted Russia’s oil-dependent economy with strikes on oil-exporting facilities and ships involved in illicit oil transport in the Black Sea.
- The Moscow drone strike caused property damage but no casualties, and it remains unclear if the apartment building was the intended target; Russian authorities have not officially blamed Ukraine.
- The successful drone evasion highlights vulnerabilities in Moscow’s air defenses, despite recent claims of intercepting multiple Ukrainian drones in the suburbs.
