Ukraine conducted its first battle using robots at the front: here's what we know about this unique operation.

The Ukrainian military conducted its first attack using exclusively unmanned systems. This occurred in the Kharkiv region near Liptsy.

Sergeant Vladimir Degtyarev, a representative of the public relations service for the "Charter" brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, reported that the operation was successful. The robotic group included ground drone machine guns, kamikaze drones designed to approach and detonate obstacles, as well as both mine-laying and demining ground engineers.

Support from the sky came from large multirotor copters capable of carrying heavy munitions, such as anti-tank mines and smaller FPV drones. Reconnaissance was provided by "carousels" of surveillance drones. In total, "we are talking about dozens of units of robotic and unmanned equipment operating simultaneously in a small area of the front," says Degtyarev.

Utilizing this type of combat has both advantages and disadvantages. In particular, it requires complex and rapid planning. The enemy prefers to engage such technology; however, brigades must have workshops and engineers to adapt the technologies, as well as trained pilots to operate them.

Meanwhile, the drone technologies themselves are advancing — Ukrainian military forces have started using spool drones. The 414th OPU-BAS Birds of Madyar successfully employed two FPV drones controlled via fiber optics. They destroyed a Russian tank that was firing from a concealed position — due to the heavy presence of electronic warfare, it was impossible to approach it with a standard drone.

Earlier, "Telegraf" reported that fiber optic control is not only available for airborne drones. It is also being installed on ground robotic platforms, where the weight of the spool is not a limiting factor.