A Ukrainian ground robot hauls up to 500 kg—and tows broken robots back for repair
Its maker says the robot has been tested in combat and is heading for military approval, as Russian drone units hunt Ukraine's robotic supply runs.
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Russian drones watch the roads in Donetsk Oblast, but not the nearly 6 km route Ukraine has set up underground
Troops ride motorcycles and quad bikes through it, and wounded soldiers are evacuated through it too.
No crew, a cargo bed, and pontoons: Ukraine’s MAT1LDA robot is built to cross water with 400 kg
Its open frame takes cargo containers or evacuation stretchers, and a petrol engine drives all eight wheels.
Ukraine’s swimming robot can tow 10 tons, its maker says. Hook up a gun, and the shells ride aboard
It has already swum across the Desna River, its team says, and Ukraine’s Defense Ministry cleared it for use in 2025.
Ukraine’s snipers didn’t vanish in the drone war—their job changed beyond recognition
Up to 154 pounds on their backs, weeks at one position, a thermal scope always running—modern sniping is far more watching than shooting.
Ukraine has netted over 1,000 kilometers of road. That’s how completely drones reshaped front
Ukraine has built 1,066 km of anti-drone defenses along front lines.
Ukraine has built 822 kilometers of anti-drone road tunnels. Each kilometer means safer evacuations and faster supply
In May alone, the State Special Transport Service rebuilt 115.5 km of conventional road, Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said.
Ukraine is pushing to move all frontline logistics onto robots: It received 1,028 of them through its quick weapons marketplace
The push aims to take soldiers off the war's deadliest task, with robots running 343 missions a day in April.
Ukraine orders 25,000 ground robots — more than double last year’s total
This industry didn't exist before 2022.
Ukraine built the ground drone playbook. Russia copied it. Now Ukraine is destroying the copies near Vovchansk
This sector in northeastern Ukraine has become a technology duel: Russians are deploying their own unmanned ground vehicles to survive Ukraine's kill zone — and Ukrainians are hunting and destroying them, the Ukrainian military says.
Frontline in Ukraine reduced to “robotic kill zone,” Zaluzhnyi says
Robots now conduct assaults as the number of troops physically able to operate in the combat zone keeps shrinking, Ukraine's former commander-in-chief said.
Glide bombs are main threat near Lyman, while ambush drones “significantly changed battlefield picture,” brigade officer says (VIDEO, MAP)
Russian infantry attacks have become easier to repel with artillery and mortars, but bomb strikes are causing the heaviest damage to defensive positions, he says.
Ukraine’s war logistics go robotic in battle zones
In several combat brigades, drones now handle 50–80% of frontline supply deliveries after replacing traditional vehicles and infantry.
AI sees, diesel drives, armor protects—Ukraine’s 4-ton ground drone Bufalo is designed to endure war
Unlike earlier robotic systems, Bufalo is built to go the distance and stay useful even when hit.
Twelve Ukrainian companies showcase combat-proven drones, ground robotic systems at European defense exhibition
While showcasing revolutionary autonomous weapons, Ukraine faces the challenge of scaling battle-proven innovations into mass production for European partners.