# Battlegroup North says it destroyed 347 Ukrainian fixed-wing UAVs in a day

https://mins.news/en/item/14877

- TASS, 2026-08-06 08:04 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2169563

> Russia’s Battlegroup North says it destroyed 347 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles and eight ground robots over the past day. Spokesman Vasily Mezhevykh said the operation involved the group’s combined-arms units. Crews from the unmanned systems troops were also involved. The units claimed that up to 290 Ukrainian military personnel were neutralized.

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