# Russia’s Battlegroup South says it destroyed 87 Ukrainian fixed-wing UAVs in past day

https://mins.news/en/item/31350

- TASS, 2026-08-25 07:42 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/defense/2177301

> Battlegroup South spokesman Vadim Astafyev said Ukrainian forces lost 87 fixed-wing UAVs and 51 UAV control centers in the group’s area of responsibility over the past 24 hours. He also reported that Russian air defenses shot down 107 heavy-lift rotor drones and that other equipment and depots were destroyed.

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