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Europe | Rise of the robotsIt is ahead of Russia, for now Jun 26th 2025|KYIV|4 min readABRUTALIST COMPLEX somewhere in Kyiv, strewn with rubbish and weeds, offers a vision for Ukraine’s survival on the future battlefield. At one end is a recruitment office, where lines of 20-somethings are receiving their first orders.
At another sit trenches, obstacle courses, and the 3rd Assault Brigade’s “Kill House”, a training ground for military robots. This is where the elite brigade is stress-testing the unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) Ukraine hopes will soon begin to carry the burden of war in place of men.Explore moreWorldEuropeUkraineTechnologyThis article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Rise of the robots”EuropeJune 28th 2025→At a tricky NATO summit, a Trumpian meltdown is averted→A defence splurge will slow Europe’s deindustrialisation→Germany is embarking on an almighty borrowing binge →Ukraine is inching towards robot-on-robot fighting→A bitcoin scandal is good news for the Czech Donald Trump→How strongmen mastered the art of dividing EuropeFrom the June 28th 2025 editionDiscover stories from this section and more in the list of contents⇒Explore the editionReuse this content
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Europe | Rise of the robotsIt is ahead of Russia, for now Jun 26th 2025|KYIV|4 min readABRUTALIST COMPLEX somewhere in Kyiv, strewn with rubbish and weeds, offers a vision for Ukraine’s survival on the future battlefield. At one end is a recruitment office, where lines of 20-somethings are receiving their first orders.
At another sit trenches, obstacle courses, and the 3rd Assault Brigade’s “Kill House”, a training ground for military robots. This is where the elite brigade is stress-testing the unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) Ukraine hopes will soon begin to carry the burden of war in place of men.Explore moreWorldEuropeUkraineTechnologyThis article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Rise of the robots”EuropeJune 28th 2025→At a tricky NATO summit, a Trumpian meltdown is averted→A defence splurge will slow Europe’s deindustrialisation→Germany is embarking on an almighty borrowing binge →Ukraine is inching towards robot-on-robot fighting→A bitcoin scandal is good news for the Czech Donald Trump→How strongmen mastered the art of dividing EuropeFrom the June 28th 2025 editionDiscover stories from this section and more in the list of contents⇒Explore the editionReuse this content
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