# Russia’s Battlegroup West says it downed 111 Ukrainian heavy hexacopters in past day

https://mins.news/en/item/34103

- TASS, 2026-08-27 08:37 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/defense/2178271

> Battlegroup West spokesman Ivan Bigma said Russian air-defense crews and mobile armed units destroyed three US-made HIMARS rockets, 82 fixed-wing UAVs, 111 heavy combat hexacopters and six loitering munitions over the past 24 hours. They also destroyed 55 Ukrainian UAV control centers, 36 robotic systems and two field ammunition depots.

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