# Inside Operation Vivaldi: How Ukraine uses drones and robots to retake territory in Donetsk Oblast

https://mins.news/en/item/91447

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-10-08 13:12 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/inside-operation-vivaldi-how-ukraine-uses-drones-robots-to-liberate-territory-in-donetsk-oblast/

> Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps and attached units are conducting a counteroffensive in the Lyman sector, dubbed Operation Vivaldi. The corps says coordinated infantry, air defense, electronic warfare, aerial drones and unmanned ground vehicles helped retake 176 square kilometers by late September. The report follows a 66th Mechanized Brigade drone crew preparing to support a strike on Russian artillery.

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