Russia ready to unleash kamikaze ground drones to wipe out 'Dragon's Teeth' defences
Russia said it is already trialling the tracked unmanned vehicles in a major step forward in its drone race with Ukraine.
Russia is ready to unleash a new modern of kamikaze ground drones on Ukraine to wipe out its "dragon's teeth" fortifications.
Kyiv set up the new line of defence against Vladimir Putin's invading forces earlier this year, with over 42,000 concrete blocks dotted along barbed wire along a 600-mile stretch of land.
But now the state-run Rostec defence giant has claimed it has started trialling a new set of first-person-view (FPV) explosive robots.
The robot, dubbed "Depesha", is designed to destroy equipment, including the "dragon's teeth," and personnel.
Rostec said the new unmanned vehicle is controlled by an operator with an FPV drone helmet via a joystick.
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They also said a wheeled version of the robot, nicknamed "Buggy", also being trialled can be equipped with kamikaze drones.
They said that "currently, ground robots are undergoing extensive testing," both domestically and at the front in Ukraine.
State-run media agency RIA Novosti claimed the "Depesha" robot is "the world's first ground-based FPV kamikaze robot."
The development of the new drones comes amid report that Ukraine has also deployed kamikaze drones to target Russian troops.
Unmanned vehicles have played a pivotal role since the start of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine in February 2022.
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Just on June 1, Moscow pummeled Ukraine’s energy infrastructure with a large-scale drone and missile attack, injuring at least 19 people, local officials said.
The Ukrainian military reported that it had downed 35 out of the 53 missiles launched at targets across the country overnight as well as 46 out of 47 attack drones.
Injuries were reported by officials across the country, including in Ukraine’s western Lviv region and the central Dnipropetrovsk region.
Twelve people, including eight children, were hospitalised after a strike close to two houses where they were sheltering in the Kharkiv region, said Gov. Oleh Syniehubov.
The strikes were part of a series of sustained attacks by Russia against Ukraine’s power grid, which has been ongoing since March.
