Ukraine has spooked Russian forces by staging a mass attack by ground robots on the frontline.
Reports said the attacks were the ‘largest visually recorded clash involving ground robots of the entire war’.
The attempted advance involved 28 unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) from Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps against positions held by the Russian Armed Forces’ 20th Combined Arms Army in the vicinity of Lyman, Donetsk region.
Russian Z-channels are reporting a recent battle involving 28 Ukrainian UGVs that took part in an offensive several days ago, sharing footage of the engagement.
According to the Z-channels, the attack was repelled by Russian drone operators, and they describe the engagement as "the largest visually documented battle involving ground robots since the start of the war."
The Z-channels emphasize that, for the first time, Ukrainian forces attempted an offensive without infantry support, deploying only 28 UGVs (a robotic platoon).
According to their reports, the attacking force consisted of two platforms equipped with automatic grenade launchers, 18 UGVs armed with handheld grenade launchers, and eight kamikaze UGVs.
— Yigal Levin (@YigalLevin) November 5, 2026
