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UNIAN cited Defence Ministry figures for logistics and evacuation missions, compared with 7,511 in January. Most ground robots serve transport and evacuation roles, military expert Ulrike Franke said.
Ukraine’s military ground robots completed 31,398 logistics and evacuation missions in October, UNIAN reported, citing Ukraine’s Defence Ministry. The report gave a January comparison of 7,511 missions. These figures count operations, rather than individual machines.
ECFR military expert Ulrike Franke said most ground robots are used primarily to carry supplies and evacuate wounded and dead service personnel. Most are not yet directly involved in combat, according to the report.
Citing Bild, UNIAN also reported that robots attacked Russian positions in the Lyman area in late October without accompanying infantry. UNIAN did not specify the exact date, the number of robots involved or the outcome. The absence of accompanying infantry does not establish that the robots operated without human control.
UNIAN described ground robots working with aerial drones that provide observation and sometimes carry them beyond the front line. It also reported the use of artificial intelligence to perform individual tasks when radio links are vulnerable to jamming, without establishing that the robots involved near Lyman operated autonomously.
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