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STORY: Ukraine start ups are developing Artificial Intelligence systems to fly fleets of drones, in a race to gain a technological edge in their battle against the Russian invasion. Kyiv hopes AI-enabled drones on the front line will combat increasing signal jamming by Russia And enable unmanned aerial vehicles to work in larger groups. AI-drone development in Ukraine is helping identify targets and fly drones into them, navigation, and more complex programs including interconnected "swarms." Swarmer is one of many tech firms developing software linking a large number of drones that would be beyond human's capacity to control. Decisions can be made instantly across the group through AI, with a human only stepping in to green-light automated strikes. CEO of Swarmer Serhiy Kupriienko explains how it works. "You have 25 drones approaching your position. You just hit them all. That's one story. And it's a different story when you hit the first drone and every other drone just changes its trajectory and attacks you from different sides. This is what makes swarming so powerful and so scary at the same time. And that's why every single modern Western military doctrine has swarming as a part of decade-long planning, or strategy. " The software, called Styx, directs a web of reconnaissance and strike drones in the air and on the ground. It's still under development and has only been trialed on the battlefield experimentally. Here's employee Yaryk explaining how it operates. "The drone now flies on autopilot mode using our software. We assigned it with a mission and it built its own flying route, we just told it that it shouldn't fly through certain areas, we gave it a no-fly zone. It now flies along these restricted areas." As both sides roll out electronic warfare that disrupt signals between pilots and drones, hit rates of non-AI-drones are decreasing. Some of Ukraine's long-range drone strikes targeting military facilities and oil refineries hundreds of miles inside Russia are already using swarming methods. However, there are ethical concerns for the use of weapons that aren’t operated by humans. A 2020 European Parliament research paper warned that such systems could commit violations of international humanitarian law and lower the threshold of going to war.

STORY: :: July 14, 2024 :: Kyiv, Ukraine :: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukrainian President "An attempt on the life of Donald Trump. An appalling crime. One that can only be condemned and which shows how serious the global challenges to democracy are right now. Violence in any form and anywhere must never prevail. I am confident that America will rise to the challenge. I wish Mr. Trump a speedy recovery. Strength and support to all who have been affected." "An appalling crime. One that can only be condemned," he said in a video address. "Violence in any form and anywhere must never prevail. I am confident that America will rise to the challenge." Zelenskiy wrote on X he was "relieved" that Trump, who has frequently criticized U.S. military aid to Ukraine amid Russia's invasion, was safe and wished him "a speedy recovery." Donald Trump was shot in the ear during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday (July 13) in what authorities said they were treating as an assassination attempt. The Trump campaign later said he was "doing well" and appeared to have suffered no major injury besides a wound on his upper right ear.

President Biden accidentally introduced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky by calling him “President Putin” during a NATO summit event on Thursday evening.

In their most serious rebuke against Beijing, NATO allies on Wednesday called China a “decisive enabler” of Russia's war against Ukraine.

STORY: :: NATO's chief says 'all allies agree that Ukraine will become a member' :: Jens Stoltenberg :: NATO Secretary-General "All allies agree that Ukraine will become a member, but it's too early to say exactly when that will happen. What I can say is that we are moving together with Ukraine closer and closer to NATO membership. And we do that by concrete actions. Because Ukraine's membership is partly about the language, the wording, we will agree on later today in the NATO declaration about membership for Ukraine. But it also is very much about the concrete actions that are being taken to move Ukraine closer to membership." :: Washington, D.C. :: July 10, 2024 Stoltenberg said NATO allies were expected to agree to a "substantial" package for Ukraine and would expand other partnerships particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. Stoltenberg said the package would involve a new NATO command for Ukraine to provide security assistance and training, and a long-term pledge to continue and sustain support for Kyiv. He said there would be new announcements of immediate military support, including air defense and moves to ensure full interoperability between Ukrainian forces and NATO forces. He also said he expected allies to reiterate a commitment that Ukraine will become a member of NATO.

President Joe Biden announces the U.S. and an array of other NATO allies will send Ukraine dozens of air defense systems in the coming months that Kyiv has been desperately seeking to help fight off Russian advances in the war.

STORY: Donations poured in on Tuesday (July 9) to help rebuild the main children's hospital in Kyiv... As Ukraine observed a national day of mourning for the more than 40 people killed a day earlier in a major Russian missile assault which struck cities across the country. The Okhmatdyt children’s hospital, one of the largest in Europe, was devastated during the attack. The U.N. rights head of mission Danielle Bell had a team on the ground. "My team spent most of yesterday at the incident site speaking with medical staff, parents of children and residents that live in the area surrounding the hospital. Analysis of the video footage and an assessment made at the incident site indicates a high likelihood that the children's hospital suffered a direct hit rather than receiving damages due to an intercepted weapon system.” The Ukrainian Security Service also said the hospital was directly hit, releasing photos on Tuesday of what it said were fragments of the Russian missile that struck it. Moscow denies this, saying the hospital was struck by Ukrainian anti-missile fire, without providing evidence. Rescue efforts at the hospital ended early on Tuesday, with two dead and dozens wounded. Flags flew at half mast in Kyiv as the search concluded. And elsewhere in the capital, dashcam footage appears to show the moment a maternity clinic was hit during an attack on Monday (July 8), where at least seven people were found dead. Rescuers also dug through the rubble of a partially destroyed residential building hit by another missile. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on messaging app Telegram that more than 100 buildings were damaged in the attack. And 400 people were involved in the rescue effort. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov repeated Moscow's insistence that it does not attack civilian targets in Ukraine. Bell said that the attack shows nowhere, including a children's hospital, is safe in Ukraine. "670 child patients, mainly inpatients, were there together with more than a thousand medical staff. At least two children were killed including a female doctor and at least 50 were injured including seven children. Staff had moved the children to a bunker yesterday morning when the air raid sirens first went off otherwise the casualties would have been much higher.” Big Ukrainian businesses rushed to announce donations for the hospital. And while there was no available figure, as of Tuesday Reuters calculations put the amount raised from Ukraine’s corporations at about $7.3 million.