# Battlegroup Dnepr downs six Ukrainian drones protecting repeater on Zaporozhye axis

https://mins.news/en/item/108842

- TASS, 2026-10-21 02:50 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2205003

> Communications specialists and assault troops from Battlegroup Dnepr repelled a large Ukrainian incendiary-drone attack on a communications repeater on the Zaporozhye axis, destroying six drones. A serviceman with the 42nd Motor Rifle Division said each group shot down three and the equipment survived.

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