31-03-2025
Ukrainian troops to receive 15,000 robots in 2025
Ukraine has set a target of deploying 15,000 robots to the front in 2025.
Source: Ekonomichna Pravda, citing Hlib Kanievskyi, director of the Procurement Policy Department at Ukraine's Ministry of Defence
Details: Unlike the previous year, contracting is already underway.
The Defence Procurement Agency told Ekonomichna Pravda that in the second half of 2024, the Ministry of Defence signed six contracts for the supply of ground robots worth UAH 100 million (about US$2.4 million). In the first quarter of 2025, it signed 31 contracts worth UAH 6 billion (US$145.1 million).
"Last year, we delivered hundreds of robots to the front. This year, we plan to deliver thousands," said Maksym Vasylenko, director of Tencore [a Ukrainian company that specialises in the production of innovative products in the field of ground robotic systems – ed.].
Kanievskyi said that nearly all the robots will be produced in Ukraine, as foreign models are significantly more expensive. Defence companies have been required to improve their products as contracts are fulfilled, given the rapid evolution of technology on the front.
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