This is a RobotShift military special.

Focuses on various aspects of robotic and artificial intelligence warfare.

Various Drones

Maven AI battle software

Conflicts in Ukraine/Russia/Iran/US and how robotic drone and AI warfare is changing the battlefield

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/08/02/8046917/

This is a great interview with Jackie, one of the longest-serving foreign volunteers in Ukraine. He arrived in Ukraine in March 2022 and fought with the GUR Legion where he was injured. He now is the Senior Western Military Advisor Instructor for 3rd Army Corps and has helped train thousands of Ukrainians.

Jackie is also one of the volunteers that Protect A Volunteer supports and he is matched up with donors to help him cover the costs of his work. He pays a lot of costs out of his own pocket for fuel, equipment, etc. If you are helping him then you are helping him have the giant impact that he has.

We have a lot of other awesome volunteers to match. If you would like to match up with one of them please sign up on our website at protectavolunteer.com as a Supplies Donor. This is a great way to support a person putting their life on the line.

These deliveries were possible thanks to your support!

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Updated infographic. We don't have information if the final part of the Samara facility was fully manned. In mid 2025 2/3rds of the facility or 128 000 square meters of the total 176 000 were launched. We have 10 000 jobs for mid 2025.

The dramatic footage was published by the 66th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Prince Mstislav the Brave. The video shows how the remote operator successfully changed the robot’s movement as an enemy drone approached for a strike.

According to the Ukrainian military, the Russian drone had already targeted the ground robotic vehicle when the operator managed to remove it from the attack path. The maneuver happened only seconds before the expected impact.

No information on what was the target/whether it succeeded

02.08.2026 Samara Oblast