Ukraine targeted Moscow in “one of the largest” drone strikes ever launched by Kyiv against the capital, Russian officials said on Wednesday.

Eleven drones were destroyed over the Russian capital and its surrounding areas overnight, the defence ministry said.

“This is one of the largest ever attempts to attack Moscow with drones,” Sergei Sobyanin, the mayor of Moscow, said.

Mr Sobyanin confirmed no damage or casualties had been reported.

Kyiv rarely targets Moscow with drones, with Russia last claiming to have defended a strike back in May.

It comes as Ukraine continues its daring invasion into Russia’s Kursk border region, where it claims to have captured up to 35 km of land across more than 90 settlements.

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