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Ukraine Says Using AI Robot Guns to Shoot Down New Russian Drones

  • On Sunday, October 4, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Ukraine will deploy domestically produced small interceptor missiles by late October and expand AI-powered automated gun turrets around Kyiv to counter Russian jet-powered strike drones.
  • Russia has increasingly deployed fast jet-powered drones, such as the Geran-5, which evade traditional defenses more effectively than conventional Shahed-type models, prompting Ukraine to integrate machine-vision systems to automate targeting.
  • Ukrainian defense units have installed more than 12 automated turrets across Kyiv, with plans to deploy eight additional systems in the surrounding region; these modules utilize.50-caliber machine guns to engage targets.
  • Air Force spokesperson Yurii Ihnat reports interception rates for jet-powered drones currently range from 50% to 70%, trailing the 85% to 92% efficacy achieved against conventional Shahed models, necessitating layered defenses.
  • Manufacturing of specialized interceptor missiles is scaling up for late October deployment, Zelenskyy stated, coinciding with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's new support package and joint defense production ventures with Ukrainian manufacturers.
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Ukraine announces the introduction of artificial intelligence machine-gun towers to counter Russian jet marches, indicating that it was able to bring down Moscow marches in the capital city of Kiev.

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Center

Ukraine deploys IA-controlled robotic machine guns to counter Russian drones. This innovative system, installed on mobile turrets, aims to overcome the difficulties of interception in the face of these new threats.

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AI gun turrets are part of a countermeasure to Russia's new fast drones, according to a Ukrainian Air Force spokesperson.

·Aarhus, Denmark
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Ukraine began using robotic weapons equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) to take down new Russian jet-propelled drones, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Monday. Automated towers have already been responsible for killing and are part of Kiev's efforts to find new ways to intercept unmanned aircraft used by Moscow in attacks on the country's capital.

·Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Ukraine began intercepting Russian drones using machine guns mounted on turrets driven by artificial intelligence.

·Montreal, Canada
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(Johannesburg=Yonhap News) Correspondent Na Hak-jin = Ukraine claimed to have shot down a Russian drone with an AI-controlled machine gun.

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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Ukrinform (UA) broke the news in Kyiv, Ukraine on Sunday, October 4, 2026.
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