Ukrainian drone strikes have heightened anxiety across Moscow ahead of this year’s May 9 parade on Red Square, where President Vladimir Putin will be watching with other leaders.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian air defence forces downed 12 Ukrainian drones flying towards Moscow, the city's mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, said on Wednesday. Sobyanin, in a series of posts over four hours on the Telegram messaging app,

The Kremlin claimed it shot down a record 524 drones on Wednesday as world leaders travel to Moscow for Russia's vaunted WWII Victory Day parade.