Ukraine plans to sign contracts for the supply of 25,000 ground robotic systems in the first half of 2026, aiming to replace soldiers in frontline logistics tasks, Defense News reports.

According to the publication, the planned volume is twice as high as in 2025. Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov stated that the goal is to move 100% of frontline logistics to robotic systems.

He also said that in March alone, these systems carried out more than 9,000 evacuation and logistics missions on the front line.

Earlier, in November 2023, Ukrainian lawmaker Yevgeny Shevchenko said that then Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Valery Zaluzhny had proposed the idea of creating robotic soldiers, citing the need for a technological breakthrough amid the risk of manpower shortages.