Ukraine's new AI drones & 'dismay' as UN head António Guterres agrees to attend Russian summit
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 22 October 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Day 973.
Today, as Putin gathers world leaders in Russia, we ask why the UN General Secretary is on the guest list, and – further to the battlefield updates – consider the implications of artificial intelligence being used in the next generation of drones.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Hamish de Bretton-Gordon (Chemical Weapons Expert and Former Tank Commander). @HamishDBG on X.
Content referenced:
Anti-drone drone developed by Ukraine to take out Iranian-designed kamikazes (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2024/10/20/anti-drone-ukraine-iranian-kamikazes-russia/
The Myth of the ‘Global South’: A Flawed Foreign Policy Construct (Policy Exchange Report):
https://policyexchange.org.uk/publication/the-myth-of-the-global-south/
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| 0:31.0 | I'm Frances Dernley and this is Ukraine, the latest. Today, as Putin gathers world leaders in Russia, we ask why the UN Secretary General |
| 0:36.8 | is on the guest list. |
| 0:38.6 | And further to the battlefield updates, consider the implications of artificial intelligence being used in the next generation of drones. |
| 0:47.0 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:57.0 | The first duty of my government is security and defense to make clear our unshakable support of NATO and with our allies |
| 1:05.6 | towards Ukraine. Keep stand strong. Nobody's going to break us. We're |
| 1:11.5 | strong. We Ukraine is. |
| 1:15.0 | It's Tuesday, the 22nd of October, two years and 247 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:24.0 | And today I'm joined by our associate editor of Defence Dominic Nichols and former tank commander |
| 1:28.4 | and chemical weapons expert Hamish de Breton Gordon. I started as ever by asking Dom for the latest battlefield updates from Ukraine and Russia. |
| 1:41.0 | So not very much movement on the ground in Russia or Ukraine. |
| 1:45.0 | However, Ukrainian Air Force says it shot down 46 of 60. |
| 1:50.0 | Shehead type drones launched last night. |
| 1:52.0 | Ten more were lost, which we think means brought down by electronic warfare. |
| 1:57.2 | Three others turned tail and went back towards Russia and another one, |
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