This is the missile-launching robot that Ukraine has created to hunt down and shoot down Russian drones.

In the war between Russia and Ukraine , drones are one of the main players on the battlefield, and the Ukrainian army continues to develop solutions to confront and resist Russian air dominance. One of the latest developments is a custom-made missile-launching robot created by Ukraine's 28th Mechanized Brigade, whose mission is to hunt down Russian aircraft without exposing its soldiers.

A homemade missile-launching robot to fight Russia

According to NextGenDefense , the system combines an Igla-type missile launcher with a remotely controlled autonomous unmanned ground vehicle . This allows soldiers to engage aircraft without exposing themselves to the enemy, which is very useful for preventing other first-person view drones from seeing them emerge from the trenches and potentially being attacked.

The robot is designed to shoot down helicopters, drones, and other low-flying enemies . In fact, according to the brigade itself, it has already been used and successfully shot down a Russian helicopter. Furthermore, it is fast, compact, and can be easily moved in combat. This follows the country's strategy of adapting its existing weapons and vehicles.

For example, they've equipped civilian cars with machine guns and old hovercraft as mine- laying platforms. These efforts reflect a trend in the war, where both Ukraine and Russia are developing improvised platforms, often homemade , to gain an advantage in drone-dominated warfare.