Volodymyr Zelensky has said that robotic systems have carried out more than 22,000 missions on the front line in just three months, saving thousands of lives.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Kyiv's troops have retaken territory from Russia using only unmanned robots for the first time.
The more than four years of war in Ukraine have been a crucible for drone development. Other militaries across the world have closely watched
Ground robots have carried out over 22,000 frontline missions in the past three months, the Ukrainian president added, the drones venturing into the most dangerous clashes in place of Ukrainian soldiers.
Ukraine's defense ministry had said earlier this month ground robots completed more than 9,000 combat and logistics missions on the front line in March alone, an increase from under 3,000 in November.
'This is about high technology protecting the highest value —human life,' he added in a post to social media.
Up to 30 percent of Ukraine's infantry forces could be immediately replaced by UGVs, Alexander Kamyshin, one of Zelensky's advisers, who previously headed up Kyiv's strategic industries ministry, said last month. This could surge to 80 percent further down the line, Kamyshin said.
'You can argue the numbers or the timeline, but the shift is undeniable,' he added.'UGVs are a game changer.'
A Ukrainian commander said in February that ground robots already provided nearly three-quarters of logistics missions around the bombarded frontline city of Kostyantynivka, in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region.
Russian forces now attack routes used by ground robots, attempting to blow up the UGVs with mines and airborne drones, Anatoly Kulykivskyi, who heads up Ukraine's 28th Brigade, told Ukrainian media.
One Ukrainian ground drone manufacturer said in January its robot had captured Russian troops as prisoners of war, publishing footage purporting to show the three Russian soldiers discarding their equipment and lying down around the UGV.World
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