In the face of overwhelming odds, Ukraine reportedly forges a revolutionary weapon: an army of robots.

Hundreds of covert workshops, disguised as car repair shops and hidden in abandoned warehouses, are churning out a new breed of war machine – affordable, adaptable, and deadly.

The cornerstone of this robotic force is the Odyssey, a car-sized unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) built in just four days for a mere $35,000.

As reported by AP News on Tuesday (July 16), this price tag is a fraction of traditional military hardware, allowing Ukraine to rapidly deploy these machines, minimize human casualties, and maximize strategic impact.

“We are fighting a huge country, and they don’t have any resource limits,” says defense startup entrepreneur Andrii Denysenko. “We understand that we cannot spend a lot of human lives.

“War is mathematics,” he added.

Denysenko is the head of UkrPrototyp, a leading defense startup.

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