MOSCOW, January 2. /TASS/. The Ukrainian army lost eight drones and seven drone control centers from operations of the Russian Battlegroup South, Battlegroup Spokesman Vadim Astafyev said.

"Unmanned systems troops destroyed six communication aerials, two unmanned robotic vehicles, 26 dugouts and shelters of the Ukrainian army, seven control centers and eight aerials for drones in Kramatorsk, Konstantinovka and Slavyansk directions," Astafyev said. "Eight enemy drones were shot down," he added.