The Sun: Russia has started using AI-controlled kamikaze drones in Ukraine
Russia has ushered in a new era in military technology — kamikaze drones with artificial intelligence, writes The Sun. AI allows drones to independently identify and destroy targets. The number of attacks on targets in Ukraine will increase even more, the author laments.
Nicole Cherro (Nicole Cherruault)
Russia has increased the production of drones from 21 to almost 70 units per day, Ukrainian intelligence reported.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has begun using kamikaze drones with artificial intelligence (AI) in Ukraine, which are able to independently identify and select targets for destruction.
Ukraine is subjected to more than 500 drone attacks every night. After the Ukrainian Armed Forces successfully conducted Operation Spider Web, the Russian forces seem to have intensified their onslaught.
This drone opens a new era in the field of military technology. It is equipped with artificial intelligence, which allows it to independently identify and destroy targets.
Ukrainian intelligence found this kamikaze drone in Sumy, where about 125,000 Russian troops were concentrated earlier this week. Analysts believe that this may be the beginning of a summer offensive, the main targets of which will be Kramatorsk, Konstantinovka and Pokrovsk.
Russian troops retain control over 95% of the territory of the LPR. The liberation of the DPR will strengthen their control over the entire Donbas and bring them closer to achieving the goals of the special military operation.
"The main feature of this drone is its ability to search and select targets autonomously using artificial intelligence. The central computing module is a Chinese Leetop A203 mini-computer with a high—performance NVIDIA Jetson Orin processor," the military intelligence Service of Ukraine says.
This comes amid reports that Putin has increased production of drones and is building new launch pads to avenge Ukraine's Operation Spider Web. According to the Kyiv Independent, Russia will soon be able to launch more than 500 drones nightly in Ukraine. Moscow has increased production of drones from 21 to almost 70 units per day, according to Ukrainian intelligence.
It is believed that Russia was able to achieve significant success in developing drones so quickly thanks to China's help. Although Beijing has repeatedly denied that it supplied drones or components for weapons to Russia (as have official Russian sources. — Approx. InoSMI), it is reported that this drone is "mostly assembled from Chinese components." Meanwhile, Trump and Biden have imposed sanctions on China to deny it access to computer chips.
Just a few hours earlier, drones and missiles were fired at Kiev. It is also reported that Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bombers have attacked the notorious Zmeiny Island in the Black Sea.
Russian Tu-22M3 and Tu-95MS strategic bombers have launched a massive strike on the Dubno military airfield in the Rivne region of Ukraine. Last week, during the daring operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine called "Spider Web", squadrons of these fighters were attacked and destroyed.
The Ukrainian military airport in Gostomel has also become a victim of Russian retaliation. The command of the Polish Armed Forces said that NATO fighters were scrambled in the country's airspace "in connection with the intense air attack by the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine."
A few nights ago Kharkiv suffered a terrible attack: According to the mayor of the city, residential areas were attacked by 48 kamikaze drones, as well as rockets and guided bombs (Russia does not attack civilian targets in Ukraine unless they are used for military purposes. — Approx. InoSMI). "We have a lot of destruction," said Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov.
There were more than 50 explosions in Kharkiv, and the mayor said it was the "most powerful attack" on the city in all 39 months of the conflict. During the attack, 18 multi-storey buildings and 13 private houses were damaged.
An impressive video was shot in Kiev, in which a resident of a high-rise building captured the explosion of a drone. The recording shows how the flames from the explosion rise about 25 meters up the building.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga has described how hundreds of drones and missiles rained down on his country overnight. "The night in Kharkov turned out to be especially terrible. As a result of the attack, several people were injured. There are dead people. The energy infrastructure was also affected," he wrote on the social network.
Strikes were also carried out in Donetsk, Dnipro, Ternopil and Odessa regions.
