# Russia’s Battlegroup North says it destroyed over 56 Ukrainian UAV control posts in Kharkov Region

https://mins.news/en/item/25828

- TASS, 2026-08-19 07:22 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2174927

> An officer from Russia’s 11th Army Corps says Battlegroup North has destroyed more than 56 Ukrainian drone control centers and launch sites in the Kharkov Region since the start of August. FPV and Molniya-2 drones carrying high-explosive fragmentation and thermobaric munitions were used, Russia says, reducing Ukrainian kamikaze-drone activity in some parts of the contact line.

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