Exclusive: Operation Vivaldi sets precedent for new military cooperation between branches – veteran Dykyi

Ukrainian war veteran Yevhen Dykyi told Radio NV that Operation Vivaldi, an offensive in northern Donetsk Oblast launched in mid-September, tested a new approach where assault infantry advances behind drones rather than ahead of or alongside them, along with new command and communications methods.

Ukraine's defense forces say the operation has liberated 176 square kilometers of territory since September and inflicted roughly 3,000 Russian troop losses along with thousands of drones and armored vehicles destroyed, figures that have been updated incrementally through successive announcements from 3rd Army Corps commander Andrii Biletskyi.

Dykyi said the methods piloted by the 3rd Army Corps and Azov will now be extended to other army corps, framing the operation's significance as a template rather than a single battle.

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