Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin’s forces surrender to army robots in battlefield first, Zelensky says

Liveupdated{"lang":"en","timestamp":1776224367}NewsWorldEuropeUkraine-Russia war latest: Putin’s forces surrender to army robots in battlefield first, Zelensky saysUkrainian robots deployed into ‘most dangerous areas’ of frontline, says ZelenskyAlex Croft & Shweta SharmaWednesday 15 April 2026 04:39 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2957817","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-live-putin-zelensky-drones-frontline-update-b2957817.html","title":"Ukraine war latest: Putin’s forces surrender to Kyiv’s robots in battlefield first"}}CloseZelensky unveils ground robots as Ukraine says forces retook territory using unmanned devices in war firstOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly international news dispatchEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_On_The_Ground_Newsletter","regTitle":"On The Ground","subscriptionGroup":"on_the_ground","subscriptionGroupId":"14806361-6435-4d19-b06e-05326605fb01","pathPrefix":["/news/world/europe","/news/world/middle-east","/news/world/australasia","/news/world/africa","/asia"],"associatedAuthors":["Bel Trew","Sam Kiley"],"title":"On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","mobileTitle":"Get a weekly international news dispatch","lengthenedMobileTitle":"Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/onTheGround1_1.png","newsletterKey":"receiveOnTheGrou...