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Drone pilots of the Sever Group&#8217;s 6th Guards Combined Arms Army burned down Ukrainian militants&#8217; hardware in Kharkov. Molniya-2 drone operators of the Vostok Group defeated Ukrainian UAV command posts in the Zaporozhye region.<\/p>\n<p>In the Dobropolye direction, the Tsentr Group&#8217;s counter-UAV unit of the 1441st Motorised Rifle Regiment shot down enemy heavy hexacopters, while the same group&#8217;s UAV pilots eliminated rotating Ukrainian personnel and neutralised an enemy Bogdana-BG howitzer. 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