Ein historischer Moment: Menschliche Soldaten haben erstmals der Roboterarmee kapituliert.

For the first time in a mission entirely carried out by robotic forces, combatants were captured without direct intervention from human infantry. Even the captives were escorted by drones. This is a first in history.

Is this for real? Did human soldiers surrender to a force composed entirely of robots for the first time?!

On July 9th, the 3rd Independent Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Army announced via the messaging app "Telegram":

In the Kharkiv region, they successfully forced Russian soldiers to surrender for the first time when only encountering drones and land-based suicide platforms.

This is the first time in history that Russian soldiers have surrendered in the face of an attack entirely launched by robotic systems.

For the first time ever, humans "raised their hands" and surrendered to machines. This is so sci - fi!

This inevitably makes people think of the movie plot in "I, Robot" starring Will Smith, where humans fight against robots in the future.

To ensure the accuracy of the news, a series of investigations were conducted on the source of the information.

"Euromaidan Press" reported on this incident on July 9th. This channel is an independent English - language website run by volunteers established in 2014 and registered as a non - governmental organization (NGO).

Spain's "ABC Tecnología" reported on this incident on July 13th.

After a series of searches, the original source of the news was found. On the "Telegram" app, the 3rd Independent Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Army released the details of this operation.

In this attack, no Ukrainian infantry was involved, so there were no casualties.

The Ukrainian Army launched an attack on the enemy's positions in the Kharkiv region using a complex of drones and ground robots, successfully clearing the enemy strongholds and capturing the occupiers.

During this robotic attack, the Russian defense fortifications were attacked by First - Person View (FPV) drones.

First - Person View drones have become the dominant force on the battlefield. More and more reports show that drone pilots are capturing enemy soldiers.

The Ukrainian Army claims that when the enemy "announced" their surrender to avoid being blown up, the next robot was already approaching the destroyed bunker.

The surviving "Russian soldiers" were guided by drones to the Ukrainian positions and captured in accordance with regulations.

Finally, the Ukrainian Army claims that this is the first confirmed assault operation entirely carried out by unmanned platforms in modern warfare.

This operation was carried out by Group NC13 ofНРК in Company BPS, 2nd Assault Battalion "DEUS EX MACHINA".

НРК may stand for "наземний роботизований комплекс", which means a ground - based robotic system.

"DEUS EX MACHINA" means "god from the machine". Originally a term in ancient Greek drama, it refers to the situation where the playwright makes a "god" suddenly appear through a mechanical device to solve all problems when the plot reaches an impasse.

In the military field, it represents the sudden intervention of high - tech (such as drones and robots) to reverse the course of the war.

This unit deployed armed ground vehicles equipped with explosives to attack the Russian fortified positions.

After destroying several bunkers, one of the ground robots approached a partially collapsed bunker, causing the Russian soldiers to surrender voluntarily to avoid an impending explosion.

The surviving soldiers were then escorted by multi - rotor drones to the Ukrainian positions without direct human intervention and were captured in accordance with military agreements.

Killing Machines: AI - Driven FPV Drones

On a sunny day in early June, Ukrainian soldiers launched their latest "killing machines".

With a click on the screen, a fixed - wing aerial drone named "Gogol - M" took off from an undisclosed location. Its 20 - foot - wide wings soared into the vast blue sky.

This "mothership" penetrated 200 kilometers into Russian territory before releasing two attack drones hanging under its wings.

These small drones can avoid radar detection by flying at low altitudes, autonomously scan the ground to find suitable targets, and then lock on and strike the targets.

No one on the ground pilots these killing machines or selects the targets.

These AI - driven robots selected undisclosed targets, flew towards them, and detonated their explosive payloads upon impact.

Human "commands" are limited to teaching the drones the types of targets to destroy and the general area for target search.

This reusable mothership and its "lethal offspring" cost a total of $10,000. It has a range of up to 300 kilometers, and the suicide - attack drones can fly an additional 30 kilometers.

Strategy Force Solutions designed this technology for the Ukrainian troops. It is said that such missions previously required missile systems costing between $3 million and $5 million.

If we can get enough funds, we can produce hundreds or even thousands of these drones every month. - Andrii, from Strategy Force Solutions, claimed.

The large FPV aiming lens of a drone on the official website of Strategy Force Solutions

On June 1st, the "Spider Web Operation" that shocked the world was exposed.

117 Ukrainian drones attacked an airbase in Russian territory, targeting the Kremlin's nuclear - capable long - range bombers.

After being released from the top of trucks, these drones were equipped with "terminal guidance" software, enabling them to fly autonomously towards the selected targets in the last mile after the Russian jamming system cut off their connection with the pilots.

However, this is not even the most advanced technology used by the Ukrainian and Russian armies on the battlefield, let alone what they are envisioning.

Spider Web Operation

In a bold attack planned over 18 months, Ukrainian agents transported drones and explosives deep into Russian territory and attacked four airbases.

The "Spider Web Operation" relied on a clever plan to induce Russian truck drivers to drive the unmanned aerial vehicles close to the targets.

Subsequently, these drones were remotely activated from their hiding places.

Since the operation was planned 18 months ago, due to the shortage of US missile supplies to Ukraine, the lack of local drone pilots, and the success of the Russian electronic warfare system in jamming the communication between operators and drones, there has been an "extraordinary" technological leap in the field of autonomous weapons.

After the trucks were deployed near the Russian military base, the top panels of the containers were opened by remotely activated devices, and the drones flew out and began their attack missions.

These drones are equipped with First - Person View (FPV) technology, enabling them to be remotely controlled, probably from within Ukrainian territory.

A photo provided by a Ukrainian security official shows these containers, which were camouflaged as wooden sheds. Another picture shows that the retractable roofs of the containers have been removed, and dozens of small quad - copter drones are hidden between the internal beams.

A Victory of Technology?

War under the influence of modern technology and AI is taking an unprecedented turn.

Without a single soldier setting foot on the battlefield, the enemy was captured and brought to one's own position.

This is an unprecedented milestone: a modern war where machines capture prisoners of war.

The Ukrainian brigade explained that the Russian positions in this area had successfully withstood two attacks from human troops before.

However, the use of unmanned systems allowed them to take control of these fortifications and an adjacent forested defense line.

The positions that had repelled neighboring troops twice before were successfully recaptured by a precisely planned assault by robots.

The think - tank LISA pointed out that although the Ukrainian Army had previously popularized the use of unmanned explosive boats in the Black Sea and low - cost FPV swarm drones (which allow pilots to observe the world from the drone's perspective in real - time), this operation marks a new level of complexity in technological warfare.

LISA (full name Laboratorio de Innovación en Seguridad Asimétrica) is a think - tank and academic training institution (think tank + professional certification body) with a Spanish background, focusing on security, intelligence, cyber - security, geopolitics, and asymmetric conflicts. It is an important part of the LISA Institute.

The capture by robots strengthens the Ukrainian Army's technology - based asymmetric warfare strategy.

This is a way to save lives and force the enemy to retreat without firing a single human bullet.

This incident also brings an unprecedented legal gap.

The Geneva Conventions do not consider how to handle prisoners of war captured by autonomous systems.

The Geneva Conventions are four international