Ukraine bets on 25,000 unmanned ground vehicles to run frontline logistics in 2026

Ukraine plans to contract 25,000 unmanned ground vehicles in the first half of 2026 to shift frontline logistics from soldiers to robotics, with contracts for 2027 already being signed to stabilize production. The Defense Ministry reports UGVs have supported thousands of missions (over 9,000 in March) and that more than 181,000 drones, UGVs and electronic-warfare systems have been deployed since January, funded with over 14 billion hryvnia. The Bizon-L 300-kg payload robot has been cleared under NATO standards for use, and Ukraine’s Brave1 ecosystem now coordinates hundreds of ground-drone firms to accelerate scaling.