Ukrainian Military Robots Just Won a Battle with Russia—on Their Own

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The successful assault on a Russian trench line was notable because it took place entirely with robots, without any direct human infantry support.

In another first in the ongoing Ukraine conflict, Ukrainian ground robots captured a Russian trench line earlier in the week—without any humans backing them up. 

Ukraine has been a pioneer of unmanned systems technologies, fielding new aerial, ground, and sea drones to fight back against the Russian invaders.

Ukrainian Robots In Action 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Monday that Ukrainian ground robots had captured a Russian trench without any humans backing them up.  

“The future is already on the front line—and Ukraine is building it,” Zelensky wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “These are our ground robotic systems. For the first time in the history of this war, an enemy position was taken exclusively by unmanned platforms—ground........

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