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'A new era of war begins' — Ukrainian sea, ground drone team up for combat mission on Kinburn Spit
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'A new era of war begins' — Ukrainian sea, ground drone team up for combat mission on Kinburn Spit

by Chris York

In the "first combat mission of this type known," a Ukrainian sea drone delivered a ground drone to Russian-held territory on the Kinburn Spit, Ukraine's 123rd Territorial Defense Brigade said on July 13. "A ground-based robotic complex was delivered to the enemy shore by an unmanned sea platform, landed on the occupied territory and used to perform a combat mission," the brigade said in a post on social media. "This is a new approach to war, where the most dangerous tasks are performed by a m

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