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Stealth Ukraine Ground Drones Hunt In the Dark
▻https://spectrum.ieee.org/ukraine-ground-drones

Ukrainian roboticists build toward a human-free front line

Borys Drozhak has a vision: a front line almost free of humans, patrolled by flying #drones and ground #robots, and continuously monitored by AI-controlled sensor networks. And it’s not a pipe dream. Ukrainian roboticists have made major strides in that direction over the past four years. Remotely controlled ground vehicles fitted with #machine_guns and #grenade_launchers now patrol the #no-man’s-land straddling the front, part of a #robotic legion that has stymied #Russia’s territorial ambitions so far this year.

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In April, Ukraine’s President #Volodymyr_Zelenskyy signed an order for the government to procure 50,000 UGVs for #Ukraine’s military forces by the end of 2026. That’s more than three times as many as the government purchased in 2025 and a massive increase from the 2,000 procured in 2024, according to defense analyst Marc C. Lange.

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#russia’s #internet Crackdown
▻https://hackernoon.com/russias-internet-crackdown-a03a762584a6?source=rss----3a8144eabfe3---4

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President Putin sees his country’s control of the internet as an important step for Russia’s technological autonomy away from his rivals the United States and China. For scores of protestors, however, this is a step too far.Photo by Tom Grimbert (@tomgrimbert) on UnsplashNew LawFor many, especially in the West, it comes as no surprise: Vladimir Putin, Russia’s autocratic leader, seems to be taking his rule, and policies, into an even greater authoritarian direction than in previous years, with his lawmakers trying to put through a new bill which, if successfully implemented, will reduce internet #freedom within the country.In retaliation to this, activists have begun a number of demonstrations against the new legislation. They see it as their government’s attempt to curb open criticism of (...)

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Important development!
#Russia’s ambassador to #Lebanon: «Any #US missile fired on #Syria will be shot down; and its launching base targeted».