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Ukraine’s Vivaldi may have cracked the drone war’s biggest problem [ANALYSIS]

Stuart Dowell
 01.10.2026, 16:12
Ground robots increasingly carry supplies, clear mines and evacuate casualties, keeping Ukrainian soldiers away from some of the battlefield’s greatest dangers. (Photo by Ashley Chan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Ground robots increasingly carry supplies, clear mines and evacuate casualties, keeping Ukrainian soldiers away from some of the battlefield’s greatest dangers. (Photo by Ashley Chan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Ukraine’s advance near Lyman shows how drones, ground robots and electronic warfare can give infantry room to manoeuvre on a transparent battlefield.