How Ukraine won a battle with robots alone

乌克兰如何凭借机器人赢得一场战斗

The Global Story

2026-04-30

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For the first time in history a country has apparently won a battle using only robots, without a soldier on the ground put at risk. Ukraine claims to have recently taken over a Russian position – forcing Russian soldiers to surrender – using robotic systems alone. President Zelensky has been asking the world for help to fight Russia since the full-scale invasion began in 2022. But in the years since, Ukraine has revolutionised the technology of warfare with battlefield robots and drones, and now other countries are turning to it for its technology and expertise. We speak to the journalist and defence expert Mark Urban about how Ukraine went from needy to needed. Producers: Lucy Pawle and Viv Jones Executive producer: Richard Fenton-Smith Mixed by: Travis Evans Senior news editor: China Collins Photo: The "ASLAN" unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) is tested during a NATO exercise in Germany, February 20, 2026. Photo by: Liesa Johannssen/Reuters
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  • There's this unbelievable video I saw recently from the front lines of the war in Ukraine.

  • In it, you see these three Russian soldiers crawl out of a hiding place,

  • arms up, fear on their faces, and they walk towards a camera and surrender on the snowy ground.

  • But they're not surrendering to a Ukrainian soldier, or in fact, to a soldier of any sort.

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  • It was, according to the Ukrainians, the first time in history that an enemy position was captured solely

  • by a battlefield robot, without putting a single soldier at risk.