A Russian soldier surrendered by writing 'Please take me prisoner, I want to live' on cardboard seen by a drone, units say

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A pale building with two pieces of cardboard in the window
Ukrainian units said drone pilots saw surrender messages displayed by a Russian soldier.

16th Army Corps

Russia is keeping its helicopters away from Ukraine's naval drones, a special forces commander says. They were becoming 'easy targets.'

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A grey naval drone in water with two missiles on top angled upwards
Ukraine's naval drones, like the Magura V7, are equipped with missiles that have taken down Russian aircraft.

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A Russian drone hit a rescue robot evacuating a wounded Ukrainian soldier — the bot shielded him from further injury, battalion says

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The black silhouette of the front of a long robot on a track surrounded by plant life at night time, with a figure standing beside it to flag it down
Ukraine is using ground robots to evacuate the wounded, and some have cages or armor to protect the soldiers.

1st Separate Medical Battalion

Robots are evacuating soldiers in Ukraine. A US veteran said they're best when they're cheap.

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A man in camouflage gear stands watching a robot with a man lying on top pulling another man along the ground in a field
Robots have started evacuating some wounded soldiers in Ukraine, and the West is watching the technology.

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NATO is looking to Ukraine for ways to kill drones without wasting expensive missiles

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A US Army soldier launches an AS3 Surveyor interceptor drone during a live-fire demonstration at the Deba training grounds in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, on November 18, 2025.
NATO has identified interceptor drones as a promising new tool for air defense.

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Drones keep shutting down European airports. This hybrid warfare could be a sign of worse to come, one analyst says.

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The Danish police are seen at Copenhagen Airport, in Kastrup near Copenhagen, on September 22, 2025.
Danish police at Copenhagen Airport on September 22.

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Ukrainian soldiers have incredible tactical patience and are far happier moving slowly than the British military

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A man in camouflage gear and a helmet kneels in a rubble-filled room with destroyed walls
Experienced Ukrainian troops showed their Western trainers that, particularly in urban environments, they wanted to move slowly.

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Ukraine just approved its first ground robot equipped with key grenade launchers, maker says

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A robot on tracks driving down a muddy track with a grenade launcher on top
DevDroid said its Droid NW 40 adapted for the Mk-19 and AGL-53 40mm automatic grenade launchers has been codified by Ukraine's defense ministry.

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Ukraine said it sneaked into a guarded Russian airbase and destroyed 2 jets worth up to $100 million combined

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A grey fighter jet on a runway with a grey sky behind
Ukraine said it took a Russian Su-27 and Su-30 out of action.

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Ukraine's trench war runs on an easily overlooked weapon: grenades

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A figure wearing camouflage throws a sparking grenade into the air as they stick out from the ground under a blue sky
Soldiers in Ukraine are using grenades in close-quarters trench fighting and dropping them from drones.

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