Ukraine Unleashes Killer Robots on the Battlefield

Friday, April 24, 2026

Ukraine is betting big on war robots, with plans to buy 25,000 and remove humans from front-line supply runs Ukraine aims to have robots handle 100% of front-line logistics missions.

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Are robots replacing soldiers in Ukraine's war? Not quite -- but they are changing the battlefield. Ukrainian forces are expanding the use of ground robots to deliver supplies and evacuate the wounded, reducing risks on the front line. www.kyivpost.com/post/74407

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-- Kyiv Post (@kyivpost.com) Apr 21, 2026 at 10:23 AM

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"Soldiers have detailed their impact. Oleksandr Yabchanka, the head of robotic systems for Ukraine's Da Vinci Wolves Battalion, previously told Business Insider that one average-sized war robot can carry more than roughly 10 servicemen can.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared last week that Ukraine's ground robot force had carried out more than 22,000 missions on the front lines over the previous three months, saying that means "lives were saved more than 22,000 times when a robot went into the most dangerous areas instead of a warrior."

The president's comments also revealed a big jump in the robots' overall usage. Oleksandr Syrskyi, the commander in chief of Ukraine's armed forces, said in December that over the previous six months, Ukraine's ground robots had carried out only 2,000 missions.

Then, in half the time, that figure grew to 10 times that."

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"I Robot, you Russian front line fodder."

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-04-22 02:37 PM | Reply

Ukrainian Battle Bot video:

www.youtube.com

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2026-04-22 02:42 PM | Reply

Thanks for posting, Corky.

NATO, the Gulf Countries, ROK, Japan, and Taiwan will be turning to Ukraine-- a mini-superpower-- for advice, guidance, and technical support for future conflicts.

I hope Volodomir Zelensky limits Israeli access to Ukraine's high-tech assets.

Just imagine how much more efficient the IDF will be using these robots for its hideous ethnic cleansing of Muslims in Gaza and the West Bank. I can't even imagine it.

Of course Dummkopf Trumpf and his idiotic evangelical and white racist political base put America on the wrong side of this equation and history.

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-22 02:56 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Can't wait to see what China is doing with Battle Bots... oops, don't have to:

thedefensepost.com

#4 | Posted by Corky at 2026-04-22 03:00 PM | Reply

oops, actual link:

nextgendefense.com

#5 | Posted by Corky at 2026-04-22 03:02 PM | Reply

The completely autonomous AI suicide drone swarm they unleashed on a Russian tank column is really intimidating. When the war started it was 1 man, 1 fpv drone. Now 1 guy opens a box and 40 drones fly out on their own. Even models coming that are basically a self-contained LAN of fiber cabling with bomb quadroters on the end of every cable. Can't jam those, can't easily spot the source.

#6 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-04-23 08:24 AM | Reply

Is yer Dick Gettin' Hard?

Ooh, it's so Intimidating!

What a Sad ---- you must be In Real Life.

War is the Only Thing that Pumps Yer Nads?

It certainly seems that way.

#7 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-04-23 10:09 AM | Reply

Awww, somebody is sad for Russia.

#8 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-04-23 06:03 PM | Reply

She always has been.

#9 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-04-23 08:32 PM | Reply

"Just imagine how much more efficient the IDF will be using these robots for its hideous ethnic cleansing of Muslims in Gaza and the West Bank. I can't even imagine it."

It goes both ways. Just imagine the devastation Hamas and Hezbollah could inflict on Israelis if they latched on to this technology.

#10 | Posted by madbomber at 2026-04-25 06:57 AM | Reply

Ethical Bots United might just decide that fleshbags are just too violent to live.

#11 | Posted by Corky at 2026-04-25 10:49 AM | Reply

It goes both ways.
#10 | Posted by madbomber

Maybe. But it doesn't go both ways equally.
There's about twenty dead Palestinians for every dead Israeli, since 1948.

#12 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-04-25 11:09 AM | Reply

But it doesn't go both ways equally.
There's about twenty dead Palestinians for every dead Israeli, since 1948.

#12 | POSTED BY SNOOFY

It could be worse, because Hamas doesn't care about Palestinians, and Israel cares about its citizens.

Its not complicated.

#13 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-04-25 11:27 AM | Reply

But it doesn't go both ways equally.
There's about twenty dead Palestinians for every dead Israeli, since 1948.

#12 | POSTED BY SNOOFY

It could be worse, because Hamas doesn't care about Palestinians, and Israel cares about its citizens.

Its not complicated.

#14 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-04-25 11:29 AM | Reply

"There's about twenty dead Palestinians for every dead Israeli, since 1948."

"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."

George S. Patton.

Of course there is no such thing as Palestine. The Arabs rejected the creation of Palestine in when? 1948, right?

#15 | Posted by madbomber at 2026-04-25 12:13 PM | Reply

"There's about twenty dead Palestinians for every dead Israeli, since 1948."

"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."

George S. Patton.

Of course there is no such thing as Palestine. The Arabs rejected the creation of Palestine in when? 1948, right?

#16 | Posted by madbomber at 2026-04-25 12:14 PM | Reply

"There's about twenty dead Palestinians for every dead Israeli, since 1948."

"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."

George S. Patton.

Of course there is no such thing as Palestine. The Arabs rejected the creation of Palestine in when? 1948, right?

#17 | Posted by madbomber at 2026-04-25 12:14 PM | Reply

"There's about twenty dead Palestinians for every dead Israeli, since 1948."

"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."

George S. Patton.

Of course there is no such thing as Palestine. The Arabs rejected the creation of Palestine in when? 1948, right?

#18 | Posted by madbomber at 2026-04-25 12:14 PM | Reply

Fuggin posts are wiggin out.

#19 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-04-25 12:18 PM | Reply

Most likely MadBomber spamming the post button because he's so excited to troll.

#20 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-04-25 12:22 PM | Reply

More likely just too dumb and impatient to operate one of the simplest sites on the internet that he's used for decades but still can't figure out.

#21 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-04-25 12:39 PM | Reply

Re 20.

Naww. Server is lagging.

Rcade just forgot to feed the gerbils again.

#22 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-04-25 12:42 PM | Reply