Ground drones are being used in at least 8 ways in Ukraine. A robotics operator thinks one is the most promising.

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A small wheeled robot fitted with a grenade launcher rolls on a dirt ground with a grey sky and a man behind it
Ukraine is using ground robots for a variety of uses, including firing RPG-7 grenade launchers as pictured and blowing up Russian positions.

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Satellite images show Russia's got a new front-line drone launch site that cuts Ukraine's reaction time but puts the base at risk

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Launch rails and drone storage sheds are seen at the Donetsk airport on August 17.
Russia built a new drone launch site at an airport in the occupied Donetsk region.

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It looks like jam-proof drones, a Ukraine war battlefield scourge, showed up at the US Navy's Silent Swarm exercise

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A small, black fiber-optic first-person view drone sits on rocks at a beach, with waves and a blue sky in the background.
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US Air National Guard photo by 1st. Lt. Elise Wahlstrom

Price hike on US weapons sales to Europe may pay for American 'air cover' for Ukraine, Treasury says

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Exercise Artemis Strike is a German-led tactical live fire exercise with live Patriot and Stinger missiles at the NATO Missile Firing Installation in Chania, Greece from Oct. 31-Nov. 09.
The US Army is learning from Ukraine's use of the Patriot surface-to-air missile system.

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A Ukrainian weapons maker is building a new unjammable drone with a 100-kilometer reach. It says 'the war has changed.'

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An FPV drone controlled via a fiber-optic cable flies during Ukrainian military training on January 29, 2025, in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine.
Fiber-optic drones have emerged as one of the deadliest threats on the battlefield in Ukraine.

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Ukraine says its forces bombed a Russian ship carrying Iranian ammo as it ramps up deep-strike operations

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The Port Olya 4 passes through the Suez Canal in Egypt.
The Russian cargo vessel Port Olya 4.

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Russia improved its missiles. Now, Ukraine's Patriots are struggling to consistently shoot them down, defense intel says.

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A Patriot missile system fires at a live-fire missile range near Capu Midia, Romania, Jun. 19, 2019 during exercise Shabla 19.
The US Army is learning from watching how Ukraine uses its Patriot air defense systems.

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A NATO drone maker is testing its weapons in Ukraine — with its CEO actually heading to the battlefield to see it firsthand

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Ukrainian servicemen who recently returned from the trenches of Bakhmut walk on a street in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 8, 2023.
Ukrainian servicemen who recently returned from the trenches of Bakhmut walk on a street in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine on March 8, 2023.

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Western trainers who haven't fought anything like the Ukraine war are readying Kyiv's soldiers to fight the Russians. Oddly, it works.

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A man holding a firearm in a trench with mist and trees behind him
Ukrainian soldiers are trained for types of combat like trench warfare, which is something other European militaries have not recently experienced.

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‘Are You Surprised?’: Trump Shrugs Off New Suspected Hack of Documents by Russia

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President Donald Trump mocks Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as he speaks during an event at the Kennedy Center on August 13, 2025 in Washington, DC
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