Zelenskyy announces 'the future is here' after war's first all-robot capture

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Monday that Ukraine had captured a Russian position utilizing an wholly unmanned robot crushed force.

"For nan first clip successful nan history of this war, Ukrainian warriors captured an force position utilizing exclusively unmanned platforms," he said during a speech to weapons manufacturers connected Ukraine's Arms Makers' Day.

"The early is here, connected nan battlefield, and Ukraine is creating it," he said successful a video posted to X by a Ukrainian journalist.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy examines nan tract of a caller conflict successful Bucha adjacent to Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Apr. 4, 2022. Russia is facing a caller activity of condemnation aft grounds emerged of what appeared to beryllium deliberate killings of civilians successful Ukraine. (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)

The offensive, which took spot successful an unspecified location, was operated done drones and a grid-based robotic system (GRS) platform, an unmanned defense system.

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Zelenskyy claimed that specified autonomous systems person participated successful complete 22,000 frontline missions successful conscionable 3 months.

Machines utilized included nan TerMIT, a multifunctional crushed robotic strategy designed to laic mines, and supply occurrence support; nan Zmiy, a next-generation armored robotic level developed for cargo transport; and nan Protector, a dense unmanned crushed system.

A photograph of a Ukrainian unmanned crushed conveyance taken during Ukraine's Arms Makers' Day (President of Ukraine Official Website)

FPV training drones are seen connected a wall astatine nan Killhouse Academy drone training halfway connected March 4, 2026, successful Kyiv, Ukraine. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Zelenskyy besides touted his country's usage of drones, an integral cog successful Ukraine's warfare plan.

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"Our missiles, our unmanned systems, our interceptors, onslaught and naval drones, reconnaissance systems, artillery, our ammunition, armored vehicles, robotic platforms, and overmuch more. All that coming is genuinely proudly called – nan weapons of Ukraine," nan president added.

"They take sides our skies, our cities and villages, prevention lives, and beryllium that 'Made successful Ukraine' is synonymous pinch effectiveness and strength," he concluded.

Experts and commentators pointed to nan increasing usage of unmanned technology arsenic a turning constituent successful nan measurement wars are fought.

"So, if this starts happening astatine standard - which is nan logical conclusion - would this alteration nan nature, alternatively than nan character, of warfare folks?" Dr. Patrick Bury, a elder professor of warfare and counter-terrorism astatine nan University of Bath, wrote connected X.

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"I’m not judge nan world is afloat fresh for erstwhile crushed invasions tin beryllium accomplished by Black Mirror robot dogs," wrote Mike Benz, a erstwhile Deputy Assistant Secretary astatine nan U.S. State Department. "'Boots connected nan ground' will nary longer transportation nan governmental consequence of sending 'our boys' retired to fight. The enticement for robot-only crushed invasions could be… enormous," he finished.

Benz reference to robot dogs highlights Ukraine's previous usage of autonomous dog-like drones successful their ongoing warfare pinch Russia.