Russian officials said air defences brought down most of the 613 drones launched toward Moscow overnight, describing the incident as a major attack on the Russian capital.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram that 231 unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed on approach to the city, while the rest were neutralised on more distant approaches between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning.
The assault is the latest in a string of large-scale drone attacks on the Moscow region. Air defence forces had reported shooting down more than 1,600 drones in a record attack in September.
Separately, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said on Telegram that Russia had attacked Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-biggest city, damaging an educational institution.
