{"id":72600,"date":"2026-04-24T18:19:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T18:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2026\/04\/24\/ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:20:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:20:57","slug":"ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/2026\/04\/24\/ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine to field 25,000 ground robots in push to replace soldiers for frontline logistics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KYIV, Ukraine \u2014 Ukraine will contract 25,000 unmanned ground vehicles in the first half of 2026, more than double the 2025 total, as the Defense Ministry moves to shift all frontline logistics off soldiers and onto robots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov shared the target after meeting with domestic UGV manufacturers last week, where he also announced that the ministry had already begun signing contracts for 2027 to stabilize long-term manufacturer pipelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUGVs perform important logistics and evacuation tasks on the front line,\u201d Fedorov wrote in a Facebook post on April 18. \u201cIn March alone, the military carried out more than 9,000 missions using them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur goal \u2014 100% of frontline logistics should be performed by robotic systems,\u201d the minister said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/mod.gov.ua\/en\/news\/over-181-000-drones-ug-vs-ew-systems-and-other-equipment-were-supplied-to-the-front-via-the-e-points-system-in-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">Defense Ministry<\/a> has spent over 14 billion hryvnia, or roughly $330 million, to push more than 181,000 drones, UGVs and electronic warfare systems to the front since January through a digital procurement system that allows frontline units to order equipment directly from domestic manufacturers, Fedorov said Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Within days of Fedorov\u2019s announcement, Kyiv codified the <a href=\"https:\/\/mod.gov.ua\/en\/news\/bizon-enters-the-battlefield-defence-forces-receive-a-ugv-capable-of-carrying-up-to-300-kg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">Bizon-L<\/a> \u2014 a 300-kilogram-payload logistics robot with a 50-kilometer range \u2014 under NATO cataloging standards and cleared it for operational use across Ukraine\u2019s armed forces and those of allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukrainian forces have run more than 22,000 unmanned missions in the past three months, sparing that many soldiers from the war\u2019s most dangerous work, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an April 14 Arms Makers\u2019 Day address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zelenskyy pointed to one operation in particular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president described how, last summer, operators from a robotic strike unit in the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, NC13, used only aerial drones and unmanned ground vehicles to take a fortified Russian position in Kharkiv Oblast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russian troops raised a cardboard sign reading \u201cWe want to surrender\u201d before drones guided them into captivity, brigade commanders said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/20\/europe\/robots-ukraine-battlefield-drones-intl-cmd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor the first time in the history of this war, Ukrainian warriors captured an enemy position using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/global\/europe\/2026\/02\/24\/we-dont-have-infantry-ukraines-war-machine-evolves-into-machine-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">exclusively unmanned platforms<\/a>,&#8221; Zelenskyy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scaling production of tens of thousands of UGVs to deploy across 1,200 kilometers of frontline within the year is no simple feat, but Ukraine\u2019s defense leaders have said they believe they are up to the task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have around 300 ground-drone companies in the Brave1 ecosystem, up from zero in 2022,\u201d Brave1 CEO Andrii Hrytseniuk told Military Times in February, adding that the organization has issued 175 grants to ground-drone developers in the same period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brave1 is Ukraine\u2019s government-backed defense-tech cluster, coordinating grants, testing and frontline feedback for domestic and international manufacturers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zelenskyy emphasized the priorities of leaning into defense tech innovation in his speech earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is about high technology protecting the highest value \u2014 human life,\u201d Zelenskyy said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ground robots ran more than 9,000 frontline missions in March, triple November&#8217;s count, and captured their first Russian position last summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":120608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":27,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":{"2":{"categories":["techwatch","your-military","news"],"primary_category":"techwatch"}}},"categories":[160,46,11,12,49,36,27],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3480],"class_list":["post-72600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-europe","category-global","category-industry","category-techwatch","category-newsletters","category-unmanned"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"4QOZGSCNZRB4FLZJCR4IFAVYPA","arc_canonical_url":"\/unmanned\/2026\/04\/24\/ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ukraine to field 25,000 ground robots in push to replace soldiers for frontline logistics - Defense News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ground robots ran more than 9,000 frontline missions in March, triple November&#039;s count, and captured their first Russian position last summer.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ukraine to field 25,000 ground robots in push to replace soldiers for frontline logistics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ground robots ran more than 9,000 frontline missions in March, triple November&#039;s count, and captured their first Russian position last summer.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/2026\/04\/24\/ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Defense News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-24T18:19:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-08T01:20:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Katie Livingstone\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Katie Livingstone\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\n\t    \"@context\": \"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\n\t    \"@graph\": [\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Article\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/unmanned\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/24\\\/ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics\\\/#article\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/unmanned\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/24\\\/ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"author\": {\n\t                \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"headline\": \"Ukraine to field 25,000 ground robots in push to replace soldiers for frontline logistics\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2026-04-24T18:19:15+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-08T01:20:57+00:00\",\n\t            \"mainEntityOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/unmanned\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/24\\\/ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"wordCount\": 449,\n\t            \"commentCount\": 0,\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/unmanned\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/24\\\/ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/2026-04-11T072033Z_1270680285_RC2GMKA2FRX2_RTRMADP_3_UKRAINE-CRISIS-DRONES.JPG.jpg\",\n\t            \"articleSection\": [\n\t                \"Daily News Roundup\",\n\t                \"Europe\",\n\t                \"Global\",\n\t                \"Industry\",\n\t                \"MilTech\",\n\t                \"Newsletters\",\n\t                \"Unmanned\"\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"CommentAction\",\n\t                    \"name\": \"Comment\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/unmanned\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/24\\\/ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics\\\/#respond\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebPage\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/unmanned\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/24\\\/ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics\\\/\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/unmanned\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/24\\\/ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Ukraine to field 25,000 ground robots in push to replace soldiers for frontline logistics - Defense News\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#website\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"primaryImageOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/unmanned\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/24\\\/ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/unmanned\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/24\\\/ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/2026-04-11T072033Z_1270680285_RC2GMKA2FRX2_RTRMADP_3_UKRAINE-CRISIS-DRONES.JPG.jpg\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2026-04-24T18:19:15+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-08T01:20:57+00:00\",\n\t            \"description\": \"Ground robots ran more than 9,000 frontline missions in March, triple November's count, and captured their first Russian position last summer.\",\n\t            \"breadcrumb\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/unmanned\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/24\\\/ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics\\\/#breadcrumb\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ReadAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/unmanned\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/24\\\/ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics\\\/\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/unmanned\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/24\\\/ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics\\\/#primaryimage\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/2026-04-11T072033Z_1270680285_RC2GMKA2FRX2_RTRMADP_3_UKRAINE-CRISIS-DRONES.JPG.jpg\",\n\t            \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/2026-04-11T072033Z_1270680285_RC2GMKA2FRX2_RTRMADP_3_UKRAINE-CRISIS-DRONES.JPG.jpg\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"BreadcrumbList\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/unmanned\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/24\\\/ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics\\\/#breadcrumb\",\n\t            \"itemListElement\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 1,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Home\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"home\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 2,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Unmanned\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/unmanned\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"unmanned\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 3,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Ukraine to field 25,000 ground robots in push to replace soldiers for frontline logistics\"\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebSite\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#website\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Defense News\",\n\t            \"description\": \"Covering the politics, business and technology of defense | Defense News\",\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"SearchAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"EntryPoint\",\n\t                        \"urlTemplate\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"\n\t                    },\n\t                    \"query-input\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"PropertyValueSpecification\",\n\t                        \"valueRequired\": true,\n\t                        \"valueName\": \"search_term_string\"\n\t                    }\n\t                }\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#organization\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Defense News\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/\",\n\t            \"logo\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/defensenews-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/defensenews-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"Defense News\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"\n\t            }\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\",\n\t            \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"migration\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/author\\\/migration\\\/\"\n\t        }\n\t    ]\n\t}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ukraine to field 25,000 ground robots in push to replace soldiers for frontline logistics - Defense News","description":"Ground robots ran more than 9,000 frontline missions in March, triple November's count, and captured their first Russian position last summer.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ukraine to field 25,000 ground robots in push to replace soldiers for frontline logistics","og_description":"Ground robots ran more than 9,000 frontline missions in March, triple November's count, and captured their first Russian position last summer.","og_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/2026\/04\/24\/ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics\/","og_site_name":"Defense News","article_published_time":"2026-04-24T18:19:15+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-08T01:20:57+00:00","author":"Katie Livingstone","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Katie Livingstone","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/2026\/04\/24\/ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/2026\/04\/24\/ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics\/"},"author":{"name":"migration","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1"},"headline":"Ukraine to field 25,000 ground robots in push to replace soldiers for frontline logistics","datePublished":"2026-04-24T18:19:15+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-08T01:20:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/2026\/04\/24\/ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics\/"},"wordCount":449,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/2026\/04\/24\/ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-04-11T072033Z_1270680285_RC2GMKA2FRX2_RTRMADP_3_UKRAINE-CRISIS-DRONES.JPG.jpg","articleSection":["Daily News Roundup","Europe","Global","Industry","MilTech","Newsletters","Unmanned"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/2026\/04\/24\/ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/2026\/04\/24\/ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/2026\/04\/24\/ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics\/","name":"Ukraine to field 25,000 ground robots in push to replace soldiers for frontline logistics - Defense News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/2026\/04\/24\/ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/2026\/04\/24\/ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-04-11T072033Z_1270680285_RC2GMKA2FRX2_RTRMADP_3_UKRAINE-CRISIS-DRONES.JPG.jpg","datePublished":"2026-04-24T18:19:15+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-08T01:20:57+00:00","description":"Ground robots ran more than 9,000 frontline missions in March, triple November's count, and captured their first Russian position last summer.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/2026\/04\/24\/ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/2026\/04\/24\/ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/2026\/04\/24\/ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-04-11T072033Z_1270680285_RC2GMKA2FRX2_RTRMADP_3_UKRAINE-CRISIS-DRONES.JPG.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-04-11T072033Z_1270680285_RC2GMKA2FRX2_RTRMADP_3_UKRAINE-CRISIS-DRONES.JPG.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/2026\/04\/24\/ukraine-to-field-25000-ground-robots-in-push-to-replace-soldiers-for-frontline-logistics\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/","ad_zone":"home"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Unmanned","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/","ad_zone":"unmanned"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Ukraine to field 25,000 ground robots in push to replace soldiers for frontline logistics"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/","name":"Defense News","description":"Covering the politics, business and technology of defense | Defense News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#organization","name":"Defense News","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/defensenews-logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/defensenews-logo-white.png","caption":"Defense News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1","name":"migration","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"migration"},"url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/author\/migration\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Defense News","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews","push-errors":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-04-11T072033Z_1270680285_RC2GMKA2FRX2_RTRMADP_3_UKRAINE-CRISIS-DRONES.JPG.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72617,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72600\/revisions\/72617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72600"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=72600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}