Ukraine spooked Russian forces by staging a mass attack by ground robots on a section of the frontline.
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Ukraine → spook → frontline
It was the 'largest visually recorded clash involving ground robots of the entire war,' reports say.
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reports → record → war
The attempted advance involved 28 unmanned ground vehicles [UGVs] from Ukraine's 3rd Army Corps against positions held by the Russian Armed Forces' 20th Combined Arms Army in the vicinity of Lyman, Donetsk region.
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advance → attempt → Lyman
Russia claimed to have 'repelled' this advance but there is 'panic' that Ukraine is actively 'transforming combat UGVs from mere support assets into an independent strike force on the battlefield'.
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Ukraine → claim → battlefield
Ukraine reportedly deployed two units equipped with Mk-19 automatic grenade launchers, 18 units armed with rocket-propelled grenades, each carrying two AT-4 anti-tank weapons, and eight kamikaze UGVs.
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Ukraine → deploy → weapons
Russian war channel Military Observer warned: 'Despite the attack being repelled, this is another sign that the drone warfare on the front lines by the enemy is gradually reaching a new level.'
Pro-war Tsargrad reported: 'The attack near Lyman marked the first attempt to employ ground robots in a manner mirroring the tactics of infantry assault groups.'
The Ukrainian 'metal armada' on this occasion lacked aerial cover and was vulnerable to strike drones after its advance was spotted, said Russian sources.
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sources → warn → drones
Ukraine spooked Russian forces by staging a mass attack by ground robots on a section of the frontline
The attempted advance involved 28 unmanned ground vehicles [UGVs] from Ukraine's 3rd Army Corps against positions held by the Russian Armed Forces' 20th Combined Arms Army in the vicinity of Lyman, Donetsk region
It was the 'largest visually recorded clash involving ground robots of the entire war,' reports say
Footage showed Russian strikes on the Ukrainian robots in the new-style war.
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Footage → spook → war
But honing such tactics could allow Ukrainian advances on the frontline while avoiding human losses, warn Putin's war analysts.
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analysts → hone → losses
Revelations came as Ukraine exploded a sixth major Russian oil facility in the past week.
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Ukraine → come → week
The refinery is a key supplier to Putin's war machine attacking Ukraine, and to occupied Crimea.
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refinery → attack → Crimea
It is the 17th time it has been attacked during the war.
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it → attack → war
The strikes came as Donald Trump forecast an imminent deal including 'all of Europe' to seal peace in Ukraine.
'It's going to be a big beautiful agreement and everyone's going to be thrilled,' claimed the US president.
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president → come → Ukraine
Afipsky Oil Refinery in the Krasnodar region was in flames amid major explosions
His comments came after talks with Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund and a key Putin emissary to the US.
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comments → come → US
Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner held talks in Brussels with Ukraine, NATO, and European partners including Britain regarding security guarantees for Kyiv and the creation of a new European security system.
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son → hold → system
A US delegation is scheduled to mediate talks in Abu Dhabi November 10 to 11 between representatives from Russia and Ukraine.
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delegation → schedule → Russia
Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House, said the war was close to being settled and that ending it might involve all of Europe.
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ending → speak → Europe
It's going to be a big agreement, and it's going to involve more than Ukraine...
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it → go → Ukraine
I could even say it might involve all of Europe.
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it → say → Europe
It's going to be a big, beautiful agreement, and everyone's going to be thrilled,' Trump said.
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Trump → go → ?
Trump has frequently predicted an agreement to end Europe's deadliest conflict since World War Two was close.
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agreement → predict → War
However, negotiations have picked up in recent weeks.
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negotiations → pick → weeks
Kushner said in a social media post that negotiators were exploring five principal goals: permanent security consultations, reliable crisis communications, greater military transparency, reciprocal measures to reduce escalation risks, and an enduring framework for long-term European security and stability.
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negotiators → say → security
'Any arrangements must fully respect the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and independent decision-making of every nation,' Kushner said.
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Kushner → respect → nation
'Each country will retain authority over its own security and alliances, and no country would have a veto over another’s sovereign choices.
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country → retain → choices
'NATO will remain central to European collective defence, and this initiative would build upon existing institutions and commitments.'
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initiative → remain → institutions
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