# Battlegroup East expands radar coverage, boosts drone-destroying tools, ministry says

https://mins.news/en/item/22887

- TASS, 2026-08-15 09:39 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/defense/2173679

> Russia’s Defense Ministry says Battlegroup East is expanding radar coverage throughout its area of responsibility and adding effective systems to detect and destroy Ukrainian UAVs and missiles. Defense Minister Andrey Belousov inspected the group’s combat mission progress.

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