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Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps launched a large assault involving 28 armed and explosive-laden unmanned ground vehicles in the Lyman direction in Donetsk region, but the Russian military repelled the attack and wiped out all the robotic platforms.
The assault involved three types of ground vehicles. Two vehicles were equipped with automatic grenade launchers, 18 carried rocket-propelled grenades, and eight were loaded with explosive charges for one-way kamikaze attacks.
Russia’s 3rd Motor Rifle Division stopped the assault using first-person-view (FPV) suicide drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles equipped with grenade-dropping mechanisms. It said all 28 ground robots were destroyed before they could accomplish their objectives.
The precise location and date of the failed drone assault were not disclosed by the division, which shared footage of the battle.
The operation highlights Ukraine’s expanding reliance on unmanned ground vehicles to compensate for a shortage of troops.
Rather than relying exclusively on conventional assault groups, Kyiv forces have increasingly experimented with remotely operated platforms carrying explosives and weapons to attack fortified positions.
However, the reported failure also illustrates the limitations of the technology. Despite deploying a relatively large number of armed ground vehicles in a coordinated assault, Kyiv forces were unable to overcome Russian defenses without direct human involvement on the battlefield.
The systems remain vulnerable to aerial surveillance and attack drones, which can intercept them before they reach their targets.
The Russian response also points to the growing adaptation of Russian drone units to the threat posed by armed ground robots.
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suomi ppl have mongol (from the genges khan) genes. a nice prosperous and harmonic neutral country decided to become a struggling shithole, and the most dangerous: a easy target for russian nukes. they will be gone in a question of seconds. in case of ww3… and nato will not save you down inbreeds, as the organization can’t protect herself against ru nukes, not even in 2030