# Russia’s Battlegroup South says it intercepted over 130 heavy Ukrainian drones in a day

https://mins.news/en/item/24851

- TASS, 2026-08-18 07:59 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2174477

> Russian Battlegroup South spokesman Vadim Astafyev said air defenses shot down 89 fixed-wing UAVs and 132 enemy heavy rotor copters over the past 24 hours. Unmanned-systems units also destroyed 35 ground robotic systems and other Ukrainian drone-related equipment in sectors near Kramatorsk, Konstantinovka and Slavyansk.

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