There is increasing demand among frontline troops for the robots, which move on wheels or tracks and are controlled by radio signals like aerial drones. They can range in size from smaller than a microwave to large enough to carry multiple people. The number of tasks the robots completed across the front line nearly doubled from August to September, according to Ukraine’s top commander. Ukrainian soldiers hope the robots can take over more basic frontline tasks, sparing troops from some of the more dangerous work of the ground war.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/10/20/ukraine-russia-battlefield-land-drones/

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[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Which is infuriating because we're past that point. We know Russia is a paper tiger and any concerted effort from a real superpower would fold the Russian military in weeks tops, especially after years of heavy attrition. There's no reason for NATO to withhold any type of aid, especially with Russia currently testing borders the way they are. The only thing to be gained is more prolonged destruction and death.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Agreed, I guess the hopeful thing I see here is that I think things have degraded so far for Russia that Trump and Putin are starting to get desperate, you can see it in the frantic way they try to do shit to distract from Zelensky whenever Zelensky seizes the political initiative.

You can also see it in the way they keep trying to advance the process of negotiations while needing to make it look backhanded to save face.