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Colonel Vadym Sukharevsky, the 39-year-old man leading Ukraine’s drone division, is a Warhammer guy. A profile of Sukharevsky for The Economist sets the scene. “The air smells of fresh paint, coffee and shisha tobacco, to which Colonel Sukharevsky appears addicted,” the Economist said. “Wires, drone-boxes and computers lie scattered over …

The Ukrainian cope cage-covered Nissan SUV rumbled down a dirt road, chased by a First-Person View (FPV) drone zipping through the sky with an angry buzz. At first glance, this seemed like a video seen many times on social media. Both sides use these light, fast, highly maneuverable flying munitions as …

Vladyslav Ripko’s day job is working for the Ukrainian government as a financial analyst. But in the evenings and on weekends, he and his friends make drones for the army. He calls their group an “enthusiast collective.” All 12 members volunteer their time. They raise money for drone components on …

In the spiraling race to develop new, better and more drones, artificial intelligence is one of the new frontiers Ukraine is hoping to dominate before Russia gets the chance to edge ahead. But with the demands of a grinding war, there are pressing concerns over how quickly AI is taking …

Since the start of 2024, Ukraine has operationally mass-deployed its new indigenous “Liutyi” one-way attack long-range unmanned aircraft, conducting precise strikes deep inside Russia, crippling more than a dozen of Russia’s high-value industrial assets, including refineries, oil depots, and factories across an 800km radius of Ukraine’s borders. Liutyi is just …

On a scorched brown field pitted by blast craters, a lone Russian soldier cowers under the charred remains of his tank, sheltering from a terrifying new threat – one that already has him in its sights. From the sky above comes the whining buzz that has become the nightmare of …

Israel’s use of artificial intelligence to help its forces select targets for air strikes worries A.I. skeptics and human-rights advocates. A targeting A.I. is only as smart as the people who trained it—and those people are prone to dropping bombs in the wrong places, these experts warned. All that is …

Ukraine’s development of a newly modified cruise missile that could strike targets hundreds of miles across the Russian border has sparked fears that Vladimir Putin could resort to the nuclear option if he becomes ‘desperate’.  Dr. Alan Mendoza, executive director at the Henry Jackson Society think tank, said that although …

August 6, 2023 at 1:00 a.m. EDT One of the combat units of the SBU’s Special Operations Center “Alpha” fighting on the Eastern Front of Ukraine on June 20. 2023. (Sasha Maslov/For The Washington Post) Comment on this storyComment ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, Ukraine — Some of Ukraine’s most elite special forces …

Since Russian forces stormed their country last year, Ukraine fighters have continually stunned Moscow with their remarkably innovative and effective use of consumer, enterprise, and military-grade drones in attacking invaders’ positions and compounds. Now sources offer DroneDJ insights on how Ukraine’s planners are working to muscle-up UAVs for increased strikes inside Russia …