# Battlegroup West says it destroyed 87 Ukrainian hexacopters and 63 fixed-wing UAVs in past day

https://mins.news/en/item/41563

- TASS, 2026-09-02 07:14 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2181073

> Spokesman Ivan Bigma says Russia’s Battlegroup West destroyed 63 fixed-wing UAVs, 87 heavy combat hexacopters and three loitering munitions over 24 hours. He also reported more than 180 Ukrainian personnel eliminated, along with artillery, armored vehicles and other equipment, plus 59 UAV control centers, two Starlink stations, 32 ground robots and a field ammunition depot.

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