Battlegroup Center downs approximately 600 Baba Yaga heavy drones

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · Jun 02, 2026 · 245 words

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The Russian Defense Ministry reports that unmanned systems units within the Battlegroup Center have destroyed approximately 600 Ukrainian 'Baba Yaga' hexacopters. The report also highlights the use of interceptor UAVs and FPV drones to target Ukrainian robotic delivery systems in the Dobropolye direction.

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Claims checked 4

Techniques found 2

Topics 2

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What happened

Servicemen from the unmanned systems unit of the 114th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st Guards Combined Arms Army of Russia's Battlegroup Center have destroyed approximately 600 Baba Yaga heavy hexacopters, an unmanned systems platoon…

Why it matters

"For our unit as a whole over the entire period, <...> [downed] Baba Yaga hexacopters number approximately 600 pieces," he said.

Common ground

The military agency emphasized that the battlegroup's unmanned systems personnel support the offensive operations of its assault teams on a daily basis, and their coordinated work creates conditions for effective advancement in the Dobropolye direction of the…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “UAV operators of the 1st Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st Guards Combined Arms Army of the Battlegroup Center destroy heavy Ukrainian drones using interceptor UAVs”

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The provided evidence contains general information about the Russo-Ukrainian war and various Russian brigades, but there is no specific mention of the 1st Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade using interceptor UAVs to destroy heavy Ukrainian drones.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 110th Guards Motor Rifle Orders of the Republic and Suvorov Brigade (Russian: 110-я гвардейская орденов Республики и Суворова мотострелковая бригада, 110 омсбр; Military Unit Number 08826), is a u…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/110th_Separate_Guards_Motor_Ri…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 27th Guards Sevastopol Red Banner Motor Rifle Brigade "60th Anniversary of the USSR" (Russian: 27-я отдельная гвардейская мотострелковая Севастопольская Краснознамённая бригада имени 60-летия СССР…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27th_Separate_Guards_Motor_Rif…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 68th Guards Motor Rifle Sevastopol Red Banner Division named after the Latvian Riflemen (Russian: 25-я гвардейская мотострелковая Севастопольская Краснознамённая дивизия имени Латышских стрелков; …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/68th_Guards_Motor_Rifle_Divisi…

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Claim 2: “In the provided footage, the drone crews destroyed four heavy Ukrainian hexacopters”

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While there are reports of the Russian Defense Ministry releasing footage of strikes on drone production sites and other UAV activities, there is no specific evidence in the provided text confirming footage of exactly four heavy Ukrainian hexacopters being destroyed by drone crews.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 6 August 2024, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched an incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast and clashed with the Russian Armed Forces and Russian border guard. A sta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_campaign

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russo-Ukrainian war began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. It then supported Russian separatist armed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the existing war between the two countries that began when Ru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–pres…

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Claim 3: “FPV drone crews of the unmanned systems units of a special forces formation of the Battlegroup Center destroyed ground-based robotic systems of the Ukrainian armed forces”

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The evidence mentions the 'Rubicon' unmanned technologies center and reports of ground-based robotic systems being destroyed in Kupyansk, but it does not specifically link these events to 'FPV drone crews of the unmanned systems units of a special forces formation of the Battlegroup Center' as described in the claim.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russo-Ukrainian war has seen foreign volunteers participate on both sides of the conflict. Most foreign fighters joined the conflict during one of two waves. The first wave happened from 2014 to 2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_fighters_in_the_Russo-…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The International Legion for the Defence of Ukraine, or the Ukrainian Foreign Legion, was a military unit of the Ukrainian Ground Forces composed of foreign volunteers. It was created on 27 February 2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Legion_(Ukraine)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is the order of battle for the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present). It should not be considered complete, up-to-date, nor fully accurate, being based on open-source press reporting. An updated ord…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–pres…

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Claim 4: “Servicemen from the unmanned systems unit of the 114th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st Guards Combined Arms Army of Russia's Battlegroup Center have destroyed approximately 600 Baba Yaga heavy hexacopters”

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The claim is specifically mentioned in a TASS report (a Russian state news agency), where a unit representative claims approximately 600 Baba Yaga hexacopters were downed. No other independent sources corroborate this specific number or the specific unit's achievement.

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