# Russia’s Battlegroup West says it downed 54 Ukrainian fixed-wing UAVs in past day

https://mins.news/en/item/28168

- TASS, 2026-08-21 08:52 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2175979

> Battlegroup West spokesman Ivan Bigma said Russian forces destroyed 54 Ukrainian fixed-wing UAVs, 91 heavy combat hexacopters and six loitering munitions over the past 24 hours. He also reported more than 210 Ukrainian personnel killed, along with vehicles, artillery, mortars, drone control centers, Starlink stations and other military equipment destroyed.

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