Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

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Ukraine sees 'priceless' digital battlefield data trove as key to West's support


https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/ukraine-sees-priceless-digital-battlefield-data-trove-key-wests-support-2025-08-27/



"I think this is one of the 'cards', as our colleagues and partners say, to build win-win relations," Fedorov said, an apparent nod to U.S. President Donald Trump, who told Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a disastrous Oval Office meeting in February that "you don't have the cards".

"The demand for the data is incredibly high, but at the moment we are forming policy how to organise this process correctly," Fedorov said.
Ukraine has also sought to position itself as a testing ground for international defence companies, inviting them to try out new weapons in Ukraine. Fedorov said that nearly 1,000 applications had been received so far, and 50 different products were "coming to Ukraine".

Ukraine now uses AI to help pilot drones, including several of its systems used for long-range attacks deep inside Russia, Fedorov said. Computers can scan detailed aerial and satellite reconnaissance imagery for targets which would take a human "dozens of hours" to find, he said.
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