# Battlegroup South says it downed 99 Ukrainian fixed-wing UAVs and 122 heavy rotor drones

https://mins.news/en/item/30296

- TASS, 2026-08-24 08:02 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/defense/2176841

> Russia’s Battlegroup South says its air defenses shot down 99 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones and 122 heavy rotor UAVs over the past 24 hours. Its unmanned systems forces also reported destroying 54 communication antennas and UAVs, 37 ground robotic systems and 18 drone control centers, while downing 22 additional enemy drones in the Kramatorsk and Slavyansk directions.

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