The next evolution of attack drones like Shaheds will see AI choosing their own targets: Ukraine's drone guru

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A Wild Hornets interceptor drone chases down a Russian Shahed.
A Shahed drone seen from the camera of a Ukrainian interceptor.

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Ukraine's drone pilot scoreboard logged over 800,000 recorded hits against Russia in half a year

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A female Ukrainian soldier holds a drone in her right hand while her left attaches it to a launch system.
A female Ukrainian soldier prepares a fixed-wing drone for launch.

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The end to years of brutal fighting is in sight for some of Ukraine's battle-weary troops

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A Ukrainia gunner smokes a cigarette in a trench.
Ukraine's longest-serving troops are set to be eligible for release from the war by late autumn, Fedorov said.

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Ukrainian troops are getting up to $10,000 in monthly bonuses for capturing soldiers or taking outposts

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Three Ukrainian soldiers hold rifles while training for trench warfare in Sumy.
Soldiers in Sumy train in a trench during the winter.

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Ukraine's newest attack drones are delivering the kind of strikes that its HIMARS couldn't for years

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A soldier from a UAS crew of the Striletskyi special forces police battalion of the National Police in the Zaporizhzhia region assembles a Ukrainian GARA drone before a combat mission.
The GARA drone is an example of a Ukrainian drone capable of flying for dozens of miles. Equipped with some AI systems, it's a multifunctional platform.

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Ukrainian troops are crippling Russia's supply bridges by slamming drones repeatedly into the asphalt

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A satellite image shows two bridges connecting Crimea and the rest of Ukraine, while a drone-camera shot shows a bridge burning after several attacks.
Footage posted by the 1st Separate Assault Regiment shows the damage caused to several bridges from Crimea to the southern front.

1st Separate Assault Regiment

How an obscure EV tax accidentally cost Ukraine thousands of battle bots this year

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A small uncrewed buggy navigates the streets of a wartorn village.
A ground drone delivers supplies in the streets of Kostyantynivka in Donetsk.

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Russia says its new anti-drone turret fires programmable rounds that calculate when to explode

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Ukrainian soldiers of the 127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade carry a Heavy Shot UAV across a field in May 2026.
As drones like this Ukrainian Heavy Shot swarm the battlefield, Russia says it's making a new turret to shoot them down with programmable airburst rounds.

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A Ukrainian crew said its Italian tank gun hit a house that was 120 football fields away

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Two Italian soldiers look out from a B1 Centauro turret.
Ukrainians said they used a B1 Centauro, an Italian tank destroyer, to strike a house with Russian soldiers some seven miles away.

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Ukrainians tricked out their long-range exploding drones to unleash rocket fire on Russian air defenses

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White rocket streaks hurtle toward a ground target.
Ukrainian troops posted drone-camera footage of rockets appearing to fly from the wings of the uncrewed aircraft toward a Russian naval base.

Unmanned Systems Forces and Magyar Birds

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