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Watch: Elderly woman rescued by robot from Ukraine's frontline

The Ukrainian army spotted the woman using a drone and sent the machine to her rescue as she was trying to leave her war-torn village.

Published April 28, 2026, 9:58 PM
Updated May 11, 2026, 6:53 AM4.7K
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Watch: Elderly woman rescued by robot from Ukraine's frontline

Footage shared by Ukraine's 3rd Army Corps showed the moment an elderly woman trying to leave her wrecked village was rescued by a robot.

The Ukrainian army spotted the woman using a drone and sent the machine to her rescue.

Drone footage released on Saturday showed a robot with the words "grandma, sit down" approaching the woman.

"I thought I wouldn't make it and didn't have the strength," Antonina Horuzha told BBC correspondent Jessica Parker.

Ground drones have played a key role in rescuing or supplying soldiers from Ukraine's frontlines.

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