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.
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Watch: Elderly woman rescued by robot from Ukraine's frontlineFootage 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.33 minutes agoWar in UkraineRoboticsUkraineShareSaveBBC visits migrant camp in northern France as new deal announcedA proposed three-year deal with Paris is aimed at stopping migrants crossing…
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