Armed robots take to the battlefield in Ukraine war

"Robot wars are already happening."

— Oleksandr Afanasiev , Other

"Modern UGVs are part-autonomous. They can move on their own, they can observe and detect the enemy. But still, the decision to open fire is made by a human, their operator."

— Afghan , Other

"Robot wars are already happening."

— Oleksandr Afanasiev , Other

"They open fire on a battlefield where an infantryman would be afraid to turn up."

— Oleksandr Afanasiev , Other

"In the near future we'll see dozens and even hundreds of smarter and cheaper drones attack from various directions and heights."

— Valerii Zaluzhnyi , Other

"The reality is that the war in Ukraine has long ceased to be only a Ukrainian story. It has become a laboratory of the future."

— Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi , Other

"The ability to destroy logistics keeps growing."

— Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi , Other

"It takes too much time to restore this resource, significantly more than the [weapon] production cycles."

— Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi , Other

"The number of people who are physically capable of performing tasks in the combat zone is minimal."

— Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi , Other

"one of the key tasks is integrating ground robotic systems into combat operations."

— Colonel Vitalii Dobrianskyi , Other

"Ukraine was ready to deepen defense cooperation with Japan by sharing battlefield-tested technologies, including sea drones and interceptor UAVs developed during the war with Russia."

— Volodymyr Zelenskyy , Politician