Russia’s Battlegroup West destroys 90 Ukrainian combat multicopters over past day

MOSCOW, October 9. /TASS/. Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian armed forces lost 90 heavy combat multicopters, 112 fixed-wing drones, and five Starlink satellite communication stations as a result of operations conducted by Russia’s Battlegroup West, the battlegroup’s spokesman Ivan Bigma reported. "Air defense crews and mobile armed units shot down a US-made HIMARS rocket, 112 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), seven loitering munitions, and 90 enemy heavy combat multicopters," Bigma said. In addition, according to him, 54 Ukrainian UAV control centers, five Starlink satellite communication stations, two motorcycles, and 39 enemy ground robotic systems were located and destroyed.