Rogozin announced the loading of Marker robots to be sent to Donbass

Preparations have begun for sending four Markers unmanned robots to the Donbass, which are capable of hitting Abrams and Leopard tanks, declared in his Telegram channel, the ex-general director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

“The executive director of the Magnitogorsk Android Technology, Yevgeny Dudorov, has just announced that the loading of four unmanned Markers to be sent to the Donbass has begun. See you,” he wrote.

Earlier this week Rogozin informedthat the strike version of the Russian Marker robot will be able to automatically detect and hit the Abrams and Leopard tanks, which Western countries decided to supply to Kyiv. According to him, the robot has an electronic catalog with images of targets in the visible and infrared ranges, thanks to which it will be able to automatically determine the enemy’s equipment.

“For example, as soon as deliveries of Abrams and Leopard tanks to the Ukrainian troops begin, Marker will receive an appropriate electronic image and will be able to automatically detect and hit American and German tanks with ATGMs (anti-tank guided missiles),” he said.

The robot is also able to independently determine the priority of hitting targets, Rogozin added. In total, four such robots are expected to be delivered to the Donbass in February, both in reconnaissance and strike versions.

On January 25, it became known that the United States handed over Ukraine 31 M1 Abrams tanks. It was decided to transfer such a number of tanks due to the fact that 31 M1 Abrams tanks are the equivalent of “one Ukrainian tank battalion”. Shortly before this, Berlin announced plans to supply the Armed Forces with 14 Leopard 2 tanks.

Moscow has repeatedly warned of the negative consequences of sending tanks to Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that the transfer of weapons would not fundamentally change the situation, but would “add problems” for Ukraine. State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said that the supply of offensive weapons to Kyiv by Western countries would lead to a global catastrophe. He warned that in such a case, Russia would have to use “more powerful weapons.”