[1/5] Yevhen Hnatok, 22, former Ukrainian serviceman, shows an unmanned ground vehicle, with his patches, in workshop, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv region, Ukraine, July 5, 2023. Among the Ukrainian engineers working in the sector is 22-year-old Yevhen Hnatok, who said he had already supplied several dozen remote-controlled ground vehicles for the armed forces. As more experimental technologies are introduced onto the battlefield, small-scale engineers like Hnatok are hoping to influence the war's outcome with Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) that carry weapons and explosives or conduct reconnaissance. The impact of combat UGVs from both sides has been extremely limited so far, according to Samuel Bendett, senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. Hnatok said he does not profit from his vehicles, but asks his military buyers to cover production costs.

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Persons: Hnatok, Alina Smutko, Samuel Bendett, Ukraine that's, Max Hunder, Mike Collett, White, Alex Richardson Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Vehicles, Center, New, New American Security, Thomson Locations: Ukrainian, Ukraine, Kyiv region, Russia, KYIV, Russian, New American, Kyiv, Moscow