# Battlegroup North says artillery killed 71 Ukrainian troops and destroyed 34 UAV control posts overnight

https://mins.news/en/item/28113

- TASS, 2026-08-21 07:39 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2175953

> Russia’s Battlegroup North said its artillery units, working with unmanned-systems operators, carried out more than 200 fire missions in Ukraine’s Kharkov and Sumy Regions overnight. It reported destroying 34 Ukrainian UAV control centers, four mortars and 14 all-terrain vehicles, and eliminating 71 personnel.

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