Ukraine carries out one of the largest ever drone attacks on Moscow as Kursk incursion continues

• Ukraine carried out one of the largest-ever drone attacks against Moscow on Wednesday.
• "This is one of the largest attempts to attack Moscow with drones ever. We continue to monitor the situation," Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in a Google-translated Telegram post.

Ukraine carried out one of the largest-ever drone attacks against Moscow on Wednesday, as Kyiv continues to launch counter-offensives on Russian soil.

Russia's Defense Ministry said it destroyed 45 Ukrainian drones overnight, of which 11were over Moscow, according to a Google-translated update on Telegram.

"This is one of the largest attempts to attack Moscow with drones ever. We continue to monitor the situation," Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in a separate Google-translated Telegram post, after assessing the strikes resulted in "no damage or casualties at the site of the fall of the debris" in earlier updates reporting the offensives.

Some of the drones were neutralized over Podolsk, a nearby city south of Moscow, the official added. Citing Russian aviation watchdog Rosaviatsiya, state news agency Tass said in a Google-translated report that airports in the Moscow region resumed regular operations after restrictions were briefly introduced during the night.

CNBChas reached out to Ukraine's Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Foreign Affairs for comment.

The done offensive took place just as Russian President Vladimir Putin carried out his first trip in 13 years to Chechnya to inspect local troops and volunteers prepared to participate in the war against Kyiv, according to a Google-translated Kremlin readout.

Ukraine weathered its own barrage of aerial attacks, with the country's air force saying it destroyed 50 out of 69 Russian-launched drones