Moscow has come under one of the largest attacks yet by Ukrainian drones, Russia has said, adding that it destroyed all of them.

Some 45 Ukrainian drones were destroyed overnight, Russia’s Ministry of Defence said.

It said 11 were destroyed over the Moscow region, 23 over the Bryansk region, six over Belgorod, three over Kaluga and two over Kursk.

“This was one of the biggest attempts of all time to attack Moscow using drones,” Moscow’s mayor Sergey Sobyanin said on Telegram. 

He said all the drones were destroyed because strong defences had been created around the capital.

The governor of the Bryansk region, Alexander Bogomaz, said there was a “mass” attack on his region but 23 drones were destroyed.

Meanwhile, Kyiv says its forces destroyed 50 out of 69 Russian attack drones launched during an overnight strike.

The air force said another 16 drones were likely downed by electronic warfare during the attack, which also included two ballistic missiles and one cruise missile – saying it shot down only the latter.

One drone entered Ukraine from Belarus and another had returned to Russia, the military added.