# Russia’s Battlegroup West says it destroyed 75 Ukrainian heavy combat hexacopters in past day

https://mins.news/en/item/60598

- TASS, 2026-09-16 08:57 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/defense/2188227

> Battlegroup West spokesman Leonid Sharov said Russian air-defense teams and mobile units brought down 104 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones and 75 heavy combat hexacopters over the past 24 hours. He added that the group destroyed 50 drone control centers, two Starlink satellite communication stations, 36 ground robotic systems and two field ammunition depots.

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