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Ukrainian president says robots captured territory from Russian soldiers 95%
4/16/2026, 12:45:42 AM
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It's an extraordinary claim by the Ukrainian leader.
For the first time since the war began, Vladimir Zalinski says Ukrainian forces were able to retake territory seized by the Russians using only an army of robots.
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Zilinski appearing in a heavily produced video address on Monday said the enemy position was captured by ground systems and drones without infantry involvement and without losses on the Ukrainian side.
The president also revealing that drones have carried out roughly 22,000 missions on the front lines just in the past 3 months.
In other words, said Zalinski, lives were saved more than 22,000 times when a robot went into the most dangerous areas instead of a warrior.
Among experts, both the announcement and the video were met with cautious skepticism.
Is this a slick PR move or or is this an actual significant breakthrough in the battlefield?
It's both a slick PR move and a breakthrough in the battlefield.
There have been some real advances uh in Ukraine that I think are very notable.
Um but there is an awful lot of public relations and frankly marketing involved in this latest video.
In January, defense manufacturer Dev Droid posted this video saying it showed a ground robot equipped with artificial intelligence taking three Russian soldiers captive. the Ukrainian battalion posting this similar video which appears to be from the same incident.
How much territory Ukraine was able to recapture and how many Russian soldiers surrendered as a result of the operation louded by Zalinski is unclear.
I think the Ukrainians are are trying to bring a lot of attention to their drone capabilities.
Recently uh they've began assisting American forces uh in the Middle East.
I think this video is capitalizing on that.
I think the actual tactical event was probably a little bit smaller than we're led to believe through this video.
Sinski is in Europe this week meeting with allies and looking to make more arms deals.
In response, Russia's defense ministry saying today that European plans to increase drone supplies to Ukraine are dragging those countries into a war with Russia at an ever faster pace.
All right, Danielle joins top story tonight.
Danielle, Ukraine is preparing for even more high-tech warfare beyond these robots.
Yeah, the UK announcing today it is going to be sending 120,000 drones to Kev by the end of the year.
The Ukrainians will be receiving their biggest ever shipments of shipment of drones by the UK and that it will include long range strike drones, logistics, intelligence, and reconnaissance drones.
Danielle Hamjin for us tonight.
Danielle, we thank you for that.
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