According to CoinMeta, as reported by the American website Newsweek on September 21st, the Ukrainian military claimed that in an operation in northern Donetsk, they for the first time airdropped "suicide ground robots" behind the Russian front lines. According to the Ukrainian National News Agency, on the 20th, the Ukrainian Third Army posted on the social media platform Telegram that they carried out a flanking maneuver and deployed ground robots "for the first time in the world" behind the Russian forces, "blinding" Russian drones. The message stated: "Infantry wins wars, and we protect the infantry; therefore, the robots charged at the enemy first. Air defense and electronic warfare 'blinded' the enemy drones, preventing them from detecting our attack plans." Newsweek cited Ukrainian official sources as saying that Andriy Biletsky, the commander of the Ukrainian Third Army, stated: "The Third Army was the first unit to airdrop a ground robot system. Our heavy bombing drones delivered suicide ground robots more than 10 kilometers behind enemy lines." As of now, the Russian side has not made any public response to the Ukrainian claims about airdropping suicide robots. Newsweek reported that they have contacted the Russian Ministry of Defense but have not yet received a reply.