· 26 comments · Save ·
News & Current Events Apr 24, 2026 at 2:57 PM

Ukraine Nears AI Drone Breakthrough That Could “Surprise” Russians, Budanov Says

Posted by UNITED24Media

Ukraine Nears AI Drone Breakthrough That Could “Surprise” Russians, Budanov Says
UNITED24 Media
Ukraine Nears AI Drone Breakthrough That Could “Surprise” Russians, Budanov Says
Kyrylo Budanov says Ukraine is advancing autonomous drone control systems with AI, aiming to "surprise" Russia.
🚩 Report this post

26 Comments

Sign in to comment — or just click the box below.
🔒 Your email is never shown publicly.
A-Lewd-Khajiit Apr 24, 2026 +50
Spider web 2.0 when?
50
Al_Keda Apr 24, 2026 +29
I hope it's swarms of thousands of AI drones that wipe out all the little green men.
29
MasterBot98 Apr 24, 2026 +9
I expect improvement in quality, but not in quantity, at least not initially.
9
rrRunkgullet Apr 24, 2026 +3
Been wondering about that: 5000 AI drones, from a transport plane, sent into a square 50kms wide. Have it be slightly nose-heavy or have a weight shift position(the fragmentary?) inside. When the battery runs out the drone drops nose first and explodes like a grenade due to a contact fuse on the nose.
3
vreemdevince Apr 24, 2026 +5
The boop of death
5
rrRunkgullet Apr 24, 2026 +3
Two chances of hitting the enemy, that's the magic trick. Come to think about it: doing this at night would be fun for everyone not there.
3
Defiant-Peace-493 Apr 24, 2026 +6
Bet you could add a magnetic attachment feature, maybe a license plate reader that looks for plates from a target region.
6
Al_Keda Apr 24, 2026 +34
Whatever Budanov considers a surprise, I want to see. :)
34
SpatulaWholesale Apr 24, 2026 +22
Everyone expected the US to invent the Hunter-Killer drones from The Terminator... Ukraine did it.
22
DevilahJake Apr 25, 2026 +4
To a degree. US MIC are definitely conducting R&D in Ukraine right now.
4
Overall_Swordfish883 Apr 24, 2026 +21
ukrainian AI will find the russians in the outhouse
21
Popular_Fly9604 Apr 24, 2026 +7
They have changed the battlefield forever.
7
macross1984 Apr 24, 2026 +19
Bad enough for Russia with Ukraine constantly innovating drone technology and now beefing it up with AI to take over control of hardware. Mass of AI powered drones will descend upon Russian invaders soon.
19
Downside190 Apr 24, 2026 +5
Fully automated AI powered drones that can pick out and strike targets with no human intervention while coordinating with other nearby AI powered drones to create a swarm?
5
Savings-Ad-1115 Apr 25, 2026 +2
Release the HypnoDrones
2
Dragonfruit_6104 Apr 24, 2026 +4
Great, now you speak it out.
4
Short_Switch_1807 Apr 25, 2026 +1
Why am I imagining battalions ot T-1000s?
1
AdeptAbyss Apr 25, 2026 +1
Russia created an army of millions of men, and no concern for their deaths. Ukraine created an army of terminators with no concern for Russia deaths. Ukraine has changed the future of all conflicts.
1
[deleted] Apr 24, 2026 -32
[deleted]
-32
brokenlavalight Apr 24, 2026 +14
I mean, it literally says it in the title...
14
Under_Over_Thinker Apr 24, 2026 +4
The title kinda spells it out. Ukraine has been destroying Russian anti air capabilities in the last months. Vast opportunities are opening up for drone operations.
4
ButterscotchTop194 Apr 25, 2026 +2
Nothing gets by you, hey. Except the title.
2
Any-Ad-4072 Apr 24, 2026 -85
Can Russia be useful for once and make this breakthrough impossible? I don't want to live in the terminator timeline
-85
drunkenbrawler Apr 24, 2026 +55
Russia have, and have always had, the option to pick up their things and go home.
55
Southern-Host-3042 Apr 24, 2026 +5
It's already a reality, yesterday I watched a video of an AI drone strike some Russians in a boat.
5
RecursiveCook Apr 24, 2026 +1
If we’re placing polymarket bets on terminator timeline I’ll still bet my entire life savings on Skynet being born in US or Chinese tech firm, and next time it won’t just be EU, but all of the world counting on Ukraine for countermeasures.
1
← Back to Board