Solutions to win: Ukraine's armed forces air-drop ground robotic system onto left bank of Dnipro River for first time using drone
To deliver the ground system, operators deployed a Perun drone to transport a kamikaze ground robot equipped with a 7-kilogram warhead to the left bank of the Dnipro River. Upon landing, the robot sustained no damage, maintained communication with its operator, and remained controllable.
After touching down, the unmanned ground vehicle proceeded along a designated route. During its advance, Ukrainian troops utilized:
This approach enabled soldiers to detect Russian unit positions along the robot's path and immediately strike the identified targets with FPV drones.
The final destination of the route was a building where Russian troops had set up a drone operator post, and the ground system drove directly up to its entrance.
When a Russian soldier stepped out of the building's door, the UGV operator remotely detonated the explosive device. As a result, the ground robot exploded at the entrance, while FPV drones delivered additional strikes on the Russian position.
The Naval Forces also noted that cameras recorded all stages of the operation, and Ukrainian troops suffered no casualties.
Background
It should be noted that on September 15, Commander of the Third Army Corps Andrii Biletskyi confirmed a counteroffensive in the north of the Donetsk region—an operation named "Vivaldi"—during which Ukrainian service members also air-dropped unmanned ground vehicles behind Russian lines for the first time.
Additionally, defenders have deployed unmanned ground vehicles for demining, supporting assault operations, and front-line logistics. In the Shandryholove sector, robots have already cleared 30 kilometers of routes without a single casualty among sappers.
Furthermore, on October 19, reports emerged that fighters of the Unmanned Ground Systems Company of the 92nd Separate Assault Brigade, working alongside other units, evacuated a wounded infantryman from the front line for the first time using a heavy hexacopter manufactured by the Ukrainian company Gurzuf Defence.
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