# Battlegroup North air defenses destroy about 120 Ukrainian drones heading to Russia

https://mins.news/en/item/79843

- TASS, 2026-09-30 07:11 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2194871

> Russia’s Battlegroup North said its air defense crews detected 119 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles overnight over the Kharkov and Sumy Regions as they headed toward Russian border areas, and destroyed all of them in a combat operation.

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