In northern Donetsk, Ukraine’s Third Army Corps has been using a network of aerial and ground drones to deploy and clear minefields while attacking Russian lines.
These missions are part of its recent high-profile offensive, Operation Vivaldi, which it’s said has seized about 50 square miles around the city of Lyman so far.
The corps has said that ground drones, capable of carrying heavy payloads and operating in more dangerous areas, are dramatically cutting the time for mine-laying. A single drone can deploy a minefield over 1,300 feet deep in two days, while a human crew would have taken two weeks.
A commander of the corps’ 96th Support…
