Ukraine has revealed how it destroyed a Russian frontline position without a single soldier being on the ground, thanks to an all-robot offensive.
The attack on a Russian position north of the controversial Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, Oost -Boekraine, saw the 13th National Guard Khartiya of the nation launching around 50 unmanned aircraft.
The five -hour attack, which it is believed to be the first of its kind, left several Russian corpses in his wake and has now led to other Ukrainian units that plan similar missions.
Lt. Andriy Kopach, who specializes in Landdrones, told the Wall Street Journal that when the early morning attack began, knelt Ukrainian troops in deep snow to release five unmanned ground vehicles in different places in different places of the front line to prevent crossing signals and the robots.
These five ground vehicles were mounted with massive machine guns and ammunition straps.
Video images showed the ground vehicles that walked over with snow -covered land near Kharkiv. They were assisted by a swarm of the first person-view (FPV) drones, including a mounted with an attack gun and many who dropped explosives when they approached enemy lines.
All this was coordinated from a command post near the front line.
Video images showed various Ukrainian soldiers who were in a command post for dozens of screens, on which real-time combat information was passed on to them from the swarm of land and air drones at their disposal.
One clip seemed to show a mobile country drone that drove to a Russian bunker during the fight and explode itself.
One clip seemed to show a mobile country drone that drove to a Russian bunker during the fight and exploded himself
Video images showed the ground vehicles that walked with snow -covered land near Kharkiv
The drones were coordinated from a command post near the frontlines
The Khartiya brigade also revealed that it worked on even more specialized land drones, including a mining plant and what seems to be a mounted and adapted Claymore carrier.
At the front of the apparent Claymore -bearing drone reads 'п п противниes' – Russian for 'to the enemy', a narrow translation of the famous sentence on the mines: 'Front Towards Enemy.'
Kopach told the newspaper that the attack was an experiment for a potential path to future wars where no people have to be on the ground.
“It gave us insight into how to adjust the drones,” he said, adding that they had to improve the hanging systems.
He added that international companies and governments also contacted the attack in December, which he said emphasized its meaning.
“Then I thought, yes, it was really huge, really special,” he said. “It was the first step of the new war.”
It is because on Wednesday Russia and Ukraine accused each other of violating a new agreement to refrain from attacking energy goals, with dozens of drone strikes that were launched for hours after US President Donald Trump spoke by telephone with the Russian Vladimir Putin.
In the phone call between the American and Russian leaders on Tuesday, Putin rejected a proposed full 30-day ceasefire, which had been sought by Trump and was previously accepted by Ukraine.
Kopach told the newspaper that the attack was an experiment for a potential path to future wars where no people have to be on the ground
The ground drones were assisted by a swarm of first-person view (FPV) Drones (photo)
The Khartiya Brigade also revealed that it worked on even more specialized land drones, including a mining plant (photo)
On the front of the apparent Claymore – Carriing drone reads 'п п противниes' – Russian for 'to the enemy'
Putin said that he would only agree to pause attacks on energy infrastructure, a proposal that was quickly accepted by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zensky, who nevertheless denounced Moscow -temin to reject a more extensive ceasefire.
But even that narrow break appeared in question on Wednesday. Moscow said that Ukraine hit an oil pump station in South Russia, while Kiev said that Russia had beaten hospitals and houses and had hit the power to some of his railways.
Zensky said on Wednesday that the constant attacks showed that Moscow's words were not tailored to his actions, and that Russia was still not ready for peace. He said that the United States should be in charge of monitoring a cease -the fire.
“If the Russians do not touch our facilities, then we will certainly not touch theirs,” he said during a briefing in Helsinki next to the President of Finland.
