Watch: Elderly woman rescued by robot from Ukraine's frontline
The Ukrainian army spotted the woman using a drone and sent the machine to her rescue as she was trying to leave her war-torn village.
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The Ukrainian army spotted the woman using a drone and sent the machine to her rescue as she was trying to leave her war-torn village.
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