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deployment2026-07-13 00:00 UTC🇺🇦 Kinburn Spit, Mykolaiv region, southern Ukraine

Ukraine used an uncrewed surface vessel to deploy an armed ground robot on the Kinburn Spit

Ukraine’s 123rd Separate Territorial Defense Brigade said it conducted a combat mission in which an uncrewed surface vessel beached on the Kinburn Spit and deployed an armed unmanned ground vehicle that engaged a target inland. The brigade described it as the first known combat use of a sea drone transporting and deploying an armed ground robot behind Russian lines; the exact date was not specified.

DETAILS
Type
deployment
Occurred
2026-07-13 00:00
Reported
2026-07-13
Location
Kinburn Spit, Mykolaiv region, southern Ukraine
Coordinates
46.5503, 31.5377
Confidence
72 / 100
DAMAGE ASSESSMENT

Brigade-released video shows a USV beaching and deploying a wheeled UGV armed with a 7.62mm machine gun that fires at a target; no confirmed battle damage or losses reported.

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