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Operation Vivaldi Had a Secret Weapon—Ukraine Calls It “Griffin”

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Ukraine’s 3rd Assault Brigade has begun air-dropping armed ground robots from heavy drones as far as 10 kilometers behind Russian lines, using the machines to hunt command posts, drone crews, supply hubs, and assault groups deep in the rear.

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As 20-year-old operators burn enemy attacks tens of kilometres from there, the NRC NK13 3rd Oshbr unit conducted more than 419 successful missions to the rear of the enemy up to 20 kilometres, saving hundreds of fighters, and now 80 per cent of logistics as part of Operation Vivaldi is being carried out by the NRC. Team Commander Nikolai Makar Zinkevich, in an interview with RBK-Ukraine, shared details of the use of robot comicades on the front,…

Operation Vivaldi, according to the Ukrainian military, combined heavy drones and unmanned ground vehicles to strike targets behind enemy lines in Donetsk. Kiev claims that about 3,000 Russian soldiers were killed and that about 125 square kilometers were retaken — but the figures have not been independently verified.

Mykola Zinkevych, commander of the NC-13 NPRK strike unit of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, told about this on the air of the Social Security Service. According to him, robots under...

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armyinform.com.ua broke the news on Tuesday, September 29, 2026.
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