MOSCOW, October 14. /TASS/. The overnight drone attack on Moscow attempted by Ukraine was one of the largest in two years, according to TASS calculations based on data provided by Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin.

As many as 493 drones headed toward the region between 8:30 p.m. Moscow time on October 13 and 7:00 a.m. Moscow time on October 14 (5:30 p.m. - 4:00 a.m. GMT), Sobyanin said. "Air defenses downed most of them at distant approaches, while 180 unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed near Moscow," the mayor wrote on the Max messaging app.

Sobyanin said earlier that 417 drones had been detected flying toward Moscow and the surrounding region overnight into October 12.

Meanwhile, the largest drone attack on Moscow so far was repelled on the night of September 19-20, when air defenses shot down 1,600 drones, with 450 destroyed near Moscow.