Mykhailo Fedorov pushes for AI on Ukraine’s battlefields

Mykhailo Fedorov is out of government, but he has not stopped arguing about how Ukraine should fight. His case: put AI on the front lines against Russia, and do it now. In an interview dated October 7, 2026, Ukraine’s former defense minister said the country must deploy AI on the battlefield “without delay.” He framed AI-powered robots as a matter of survival, a way to keep Ukrainian soldiers alive in a war increasingly fought by machines. The case for machines over manpower He has pointed to drones as proof the model already works. According to Fedorov, Ukrainian drones account for 95% of Russian casualties. Separate findings describe drones as responsible for over 95% of strikes against Russian forces. The industrial base behind that shift is sizable. More than 700 Ukrainian UAV manufacturers are currently operating, feeding a steady pipeline of hardware to the front. Enter the ‘Army of Robots’ Fedorov’s push lines up with the ‘Army of Robots’ initiative, which was announced on September 26, 2026. The program’s goal is to deploy humanoid robots and enable autonomous assault operations within a year. Its targets are blunt. The initiative aims to achieve the first humanoid kill wit...