# Battlegroup Center snipers use special rounds to pierce enemy UAV armor

https://mins.news/en/item/20995

- TASS, 2026-08-13 08:57 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/defense/2172273

> Snipers from Russia’s Battlegroup Center 27th Division are using special SVD rounds to penetrate the battery armor of Ukraine’s Baba-Yaga heavy hexacopters. Working closely with drone operators, they anticipate the UAVs’ approach and support infantry advancing toward Grishino, Novopodgorodnoye and Udachnoye.

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