# Why drones can’t replace Ukraine’s reconnaissance soldiers

https://mins.news/en/item/65435

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-09-19 12:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/why-drones-cant-replace-ukraines-reconnaissance-soldiers/

> The Kyiv Independent’s journalists visit Kharkiv Oblast to meet reconnaissance soldiers from Ukraine’s 60th Mechanized Brigade, part of the 3rd Army Corps, and observe the training for one of the army’s most dangerous roles. The report also follows Ukrainian military medics who travel from the battlefield to Sweden for a short mental-health retreat.

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