Ukraine is increasingly turning to ground robots to perform dangerous frontline missions, shifting some of the riskiest work away from soldiers onto remotely operated, AI-supported unmanned vehicles. According to the Ministry of Defense, the Ukrainian military has already carried out more than 50,000 logistics and evacuation missions using GRCs (Ground Robotic Complexes).JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. “Today, the GRC regularly performs logistics and evacuation missions in high-risk areas,” Ukrainian Minister of Defense Mykhailo Fedorov said. Ground robotic systems deliver supplies such as weapons and ammunition, provide logistics, and evacuate the wounded, where lingering “poses an additional threat,” Fedorov said, explaining that preserving soldiers’ lives is the highest priority. Since January 2026, the Ukrainian military has carried out more than 50,000 logistics and evacuation missions with the help of GRCs. “Every month, the use of robots increases,” the Ministry of Defense reported, adding that the number of units using them “has increased from 117 to 230.” “On the instructions of the president, we continue to ensure the technological superiority of Ukraine,” Fedorov added. In April, President Volodymyr Zelensky ordered the armed forces to dramatically increase the number of ground robotic systems in service this year, aiming to drastically reduce the need for soldiers to be physically present in the most dangerous parts of the battlefield.