“The first thing that happened was Trump announced a deal with Putin to supply Russian diesel to the U.S. And in all, a total of 1.8 million tons will be released over time as part of this deal.”
“The military says its soldiers used electronic warfare and aerial drones to blind Russian reconnaissance, and then they destroyed Russian firepower and supply routes. Then they sent in land robots ... to weaken Russian positions.”
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First use electronic warfare and aerial drones to blind Russian reconnaissance, then destroy Russian firepower and supply routes, then deploy unmanned ground vehicles (small truck-like robots) to weaken positions before assault groups move in
took back roughly 68 square miles (about three times the size of Manhattan)
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“He signed an executive order easing sanctions that would have targeted countries that were buying Russian oil.”
“We have already deployed tens of robots… our goal next year is overall just deploying hundreds of robots”
“The standard drone route will have exactly the same route flown month by month, year by year.”
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