Ukraine Takes Russian Position Using Only Drones and Robots

Imagine drones in the air with night vision who can see you running through the woods and can fly at you going 100 mph and execute you with perfectly placed bullet.  Imagine robots, some on tracks with guns, some humanoid with infrared eyes and guns in both hands, walking up on your position.  They have no fear, they have no caution, they have no remorse.  They just keep coming at you until everyone is dead.  

Welcome to the new world of war.  He with the best robots will control the world.

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Ukraine says its forces captured a Russian position using only unmanned systems, including aerial drones and ground robots, without Ukrainian infantry taking part in the assault and without suffering any losses.

If confirmed, the operation would offer one of the clearest signs that warfare is entering a new phase, in which machines are no longer just supporting troops but are beginning to take on frontline combat roles of their own.

The claim has not yet been fully independently verified. However, it is consistent with Ukraine’s rapidly expanding and increasingly well-documented use of drones and ground robots for front-line support, logistics, and limited offensive operations.

For years, analysts have viewed Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s invasion as a brutal proving ground for cheap drones, electronic warfare, and attritable robotics. But taking and holding ground has remained a much harder test than reconnaissance or strike missions.

Terrain is still the currency of war. That is what makes Ukraine’s latest claim so significant. It suggests unmanned systems may be evolving from support tools into platforms capable of helping seize enemy ground.

 “For the first time in the history of this war, an enemy position was taken exclusively by unmanned platforms – ground systems and drones,” Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an April 13 addressmarking Ukraine’s Arms Makers’ Day. “The occupiers surrendered, and the operation was carried out without infantry and without losses on our side.”

During his Arms Makers’ Day remarks, President Zelensky said Ukrainian robotic ground systems built by manufacturers including Ratel, TerMIT, Ardal, Rys, Zmiy, Protector, and Volia had carried out more than 22,000 front-line missions in just three months, amounting to thousands of cases in which robots entered dangerous areas instead of soldiers.

https://thedebrief.org/ukraine-says-it-captured-a-russian-position-using-only-unmanned-systems-a-glimpse-of-future-warfare/