[literalAardvark]

That didn't use FPV drones, they're rather difficult to control at 6000km and they didn't have operators nearby.

Most likely it's the first major deployment of their semi autonomous drone tech, driven "declaratively". They've shown that stuff recently, they probably used it before showing it.

[kilimounjaro]

Ukraine’s drones were primarily LTE/4G-connected for remote operation

[literalAardvark]

Likely, but that's not enough

[LorenPechtel]

The report said they were guided remotely.

I suspect reality is a combination--think RTS game. You give orders to your units but you don't babysit them.

[literalAardvark]

Yeah that's how I think it went down.

Autonomous control, likely from a base station nearby, or one of their new carrier drones, and remote command.