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Inside Operation Vivaldi — how Ukraine uses drones, robots to liberate territory in Donetsk Oblast

DONETSK OBLAST — On a screen, live footage from a reconnaissance drone shows two men in Ukrainian pixel camouflage dashing in short bursts through the ruins of apartment buildings. Then they vanish into a basement. It is late summer, and the 3rd Army Corps and attached units are fully engaged in a counteroffensive in the Lyman sector called Operation Vivaldi. Russian forces are trying to recapture Lyman, a city in Donetsk Oblast that Russian officials have claimed their forces control. Ukrainia

Tsyhan assembles a Dart in the Lyman sector, Ukraine, on Aug. 11, 2026.

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Journalism in Ukraine faces significant challenges including Russian disinformation campaigns, physical threats to reporters, and attacks on media infrastructure since the full-scale invasion began in February 2022. At least 79 journalists and media workers have been killed covering the war as of February 2025, according to the Institute of Mass Information.

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