Military shake up poses little threat to Ukraine’s drone revolution
UNDISCLOSED, UKRAINE - Zigzagging between robots, weapons and computers in his garage workshop, Ukrainian engineer Eduard Trotsenko was bubbling with exciteme
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2026-08-102026-08-10By Correspondent
UNDISCLOSED, UKRAINE – Zigzagging between robots, weapons and computers in his garage workshop, Ukrainian engineer Eduard Trotsenko was bubbling with excitement as he showed off his latest prototypes and dreamed of sci-fi-inspired futuristic ideas.
Top of his ideas list are “mechanical birds” that can land on high-voltage power lines and recharge themselves, and “robot dogs” that can be sent into battle. “In order to save human lives, to save soldiers, there must be robots,” Trotsenko told AFP.
Autonomous weapons have come to dominate the war with Russia. Aerial drones are used on the front lines for reconnaissance and to drop explosives, while down below ground robots support logistics operations. Ukraine has built a sprawling drone industry from scratch, hailed by President Volodymyr Zelensky as the best in the world.
