The fifth brigade's new "toy" is an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), a robot that provides a lifeline for Ukrainian troops at the front in Pokrovsk and Myrnograd, a strategic hub in eastern Ukraine.

Russia is pushing to cut Ukraine’s supply routes, and travelling by armoured vehicle or on foot has become extremely risky.

As the number of robots in the Iraq war and other combat zones have risen dramatically over the past five years, so too have robot death tolls. The problem? Soldiers consider these life-saving ...