Ukraine unveils The Fury land drone to support battlefield hotspots

The Lyut 2.0 is now being used on the front line, providing fire support for infantry and reconnaissance roles, Kyiv reveals

Ukrainian forces have unveiled a new unmanned ground robot, known as The Fury, a machine gun-loaded platform that can storm enemy positions.
The Lyut 2.0 is now being used on the front line, providing fire support for infantry and reconnaissance roles in hotspots in the battlefield, Kyiv has revealed.
The 12th Special Forces Brigade, formerly the Azov Brigade, posted footage this week of the terrestrial robot that resembles a mini tank traversing across difficult terrain.
Made in Ukraine, The Fury reportedly has a range of up to 20 km, can operate autonomously for up to three days and has a relatively low cost of £12,200 per robot.
It is also wrapped in Class 4 protection armour, which fends off small exploding shells as well as bullets.
The 12th Brigade said it has so far been used in missions including identifying enemy positions and acting as a decoy by drawing fire away from troop positions.
Describing its importance, Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s minister of digital transformation, wrote on Telegram: “The Fury robot attacks the Russian positions and covers our defenders during the assault.”
Ukraine’s military, he said, has praised it for its “easy to control, high level of radio and video communication… and good sight and automatic fire control both during the day and at night”.
United24, a fundraising initiative launched by Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, has been collecting donations for the models since May 2024.
A spokesman told the Telegraph that The Fury was designed for “remote combat missions such as the assault or defence of positions, surveillance and reconnaissance”.
They added: “These furious robots are mobile, efficient, safe for operators and relentless towards invaders. But most importantly they help save the lives of military personnel, assault forces and infantry who perform the most difficult objectives.”
The Fury’s deployment on the battlefield appears to be part of a broader Ukrainian initiative to integrate unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) into their military operations.
Short on manpower, Kyiv is hoping the robots could bolster their front-line defences and help with future offensives.
Oleksandr Kamyshin, Ukraine’s strategic industries minister, said in July that Ukraine was putting its faith, as well as energy and resources, behind the creation of a new robot army.
“This year will be the year of land systems [and] unmanned land systems,” he said at the Nato summit in Washington. “We’ll see more of them on the front line. That’s one of the game-changers we expect in the nearest 12 months.”
In Ukraine, there are 250 defence start-ups already focused on designing UGVs and its defence military said it is in the process of testing more than 50 ground systems.