Ukraine has emerged as the global leader in integrating unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) into frontline combat. Driven by necessity amid manpower shortages and intense attrition, Kyiv has fielded a variety of remotely operated robotic systems—from explosive-packed ground drones to machine-operated turrets—often with battlefield results that would have been unthinkable just years ago.A Dedicated UGV ForceIn February 2024 Ukraine officially announced her Unmanned Systems Forces, a first-of-its-kind
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    The machines rose from the ashes of the nuclear fire. Their war to exterminate mankind had raged for decades, but the final battle would not be fought in the future. It would be fought here, in our present.

    —Terminator, 1984