"The echeloned defense of Moscow against enemy UAVs made it possible to repel all attacks. This was one of the largest attempts to attack Moscow with the help of drones of all time," Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in a Telegram post early Wednesday morning.

Russia's defense ministry said the effort to target the capital was part of a broader cross-border attack which included 45 drones total sent by Ukraine across different regions overnight, including:

-11 shot down over the Moscow region

-23 intercepted over the Bryansk region

-6 over Belgorod,

-3 over the Kaluga region 

-2 over Kursk