<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An elderly </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/ukraine" rel="" target="" title="Ukrainian"><span>Ukrainian</span></a><span> woman has been rescued from a war zone by a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/robot" rel="" target="" title="robot"><span>robot</span></a><span> after struggling to escape her war-torn town on foot.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Antonina, 77, had been hiding in a basement in the Donetsk region for four months before she and her family took advantage of a pause in attacks and decided to flee.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>While Antonina's family managed to escape, she struggled to keep up, with footage showing her using two walking sticks to pull herself along an isolated village road.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/severe-eczema-pbs-federal-government-medication-dupixent-dupilumab/db7c039e-2141-4202-90ec-9731bb98b01d" rel="" target="" title="Sydney family among thousands priced out of life-changing medication"><strong><span>Sydney family among thousands priced out of life-changing medication</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Antonina said she was about to turn back to the bunker when she was approached by a futuristic robot</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Who knows what it was - how would I know?" she told Reuters.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But the strange machine would prove to be her salvation.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/ukrainian-womans-remarkable-rescue-from-warzone-by-robot/069ecdd9-0410-485f-b8bb-72ec0a1a161d" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Unmanned military robots are regularly used by the Ukrainian military to evacuate wounded fighters but it's the first time it's been used to rescue a civilian.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A Ukrainian soldier says he sent the vehicle after Ukrainian drones spotted Antonia struggling.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/groceries-prices-inflation-coles-woolies-supermarket-prices/a0b3c54b-ac98-41cd-9132-879fe1663b42" target="" title="How much your supermarket spend has jumped in two years"><strong><span>How much your supermarket spend has jumped in two years</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There was another question; would she even understand our intentions?" he asked.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We found some car mats there and used a spray can of paint to write, 'Grandma, get in'."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The evacuation spanned four hours along roads pockmarked by shelling, made dangerous because Russia has targeted the unmanned vehicles in the past.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Antonina is now safe, grateful for her survival and holding hope for the future.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"My dream is for the war to end, for there to be peace, and for people not to die the way they are dying now," Antonina said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://9.nine.com.au/8x987w" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>ticking this box here</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Sign up to</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></em></strong></a></li></ul></div></div>