Ukraine's Ground Robots Ran a Record 31,398 Supply and Evacuation Missions in October

The monthly count has risen every month of 2026 and is now more than four times January's, as Russian FPV drones close the approaches to the front to crewed vehicles.

Ukraine's Defence Forces completed a record 31,398 logistics and evacuation missions with unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) in October, Ukraine's Ministry of Defence said Nov. 6. It was the first monthly total above 30,000 and the highest since the ePoints programme began. Every mission was logged in the DELTA combat system and verified by Brave1 specialists.

The ministry's series climbs every month, from 7,511 missions in January to 28,491 in September. The ten monthly figures add up to 171,253 missions, and the gains are narrowing: October added 2,907 missions over September, while August added 5,201 over July, a calculation from the ministry's figures.

Russian first-person-view (FPV) drones have effectively barred conventional vehicles from supply runs, troop rotations and casualty evacuation near the front line, The Kyiv Independent reported. UGV companies and battalions have appeared in almost every Ukrainian brigade, the outlet wrote. The robots deliver ammunition, food and water and bring out the wounded, per the ministry.

The 7th Air Assault Corps alone completed more than 8,000 ground-robot missions in 2026, more than 600 of them evacuations, Lt. Col. Denys Poliachenko, head of the corps' unmanned systems directorate, told Ukrinform.

The Argos unmanned-systems company of the 2nd Shostka Regiment received a diesel-powered robot that hauls up to 1.5 tons and can carry three wounded soldiers at once, Ukraine's National Guard announced. Heavy robots fielded this autumn top out around 500 kilograms a load, Euromaidan Press noted.

Each verified mission earns the unit ePoints, redeemable for drones, electronic-warfare systems and ground robots on the Brave1 Market military marketplace, according to the ministry.

The ministry's count covers hauling and evacuation. In the armed role, Russian FPV drones appear to have stopped a 28-robot attack near Druzheliubivka in Kharkiv Oblast on or just before Oct. 30, Euromaidan Press reported in a separate account. The 3rd Assault Brigade reportedly sent eight self-exploding robots and 20 armed with grenade launchers across the gray zone, in what the outlet called the largest confirmed ground-robot attack of the war.

The National Guard says it will soon show the 1.5-ton robot hauling cargo across difficult terrain.