Under the escalating barrage of Russian drones and missiles, Ukraine’s hard-pressed lifesavers are having to think beyond the curve.

Robots are now being used to enter the most dangerous scenes, spraying jets of water onto fires and shunting destroyed cars out of the way.

The cutting-edge technology is being deployed as the country is targeted by hundreds of Shahed-type drone strikes on a daily basis — with the human firefighters being deliberately targeted.

Kevin Royle, a veteran Canadian firefighter supporting the emergency responders, said the European robotics providers are ‘amazed’ by the way the pioneering technology is being used.

Speaking from Kyiv, he also gave a stark insight into the toll of the war on the country’s life-savers, saying it is ‘numbing and heart-wrenching’ whe

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