Full Metal Junkie
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There was a huge shakeup in the Ukrainian government over the last month or so with a number of prominent political appointments. Two of them look particularly promising.
New minister of defense Fedorov:
www.politico.eu
New executive advisor to the defense minister Sternenko:
This is Ukraine tapping into its young and brightest talent. Both are in their early 30s and both have proven to be exceptionally competent is their previous endeavors.
Fedorov is said to possess silicone-valley-esque entrepreneurial spirit. He was responsible for the digital transformation of the Ukrainian government services up until the MoD appointment. I've only heard raving reviews about the Ukrainian Diya platform he built - recent Ukrainian immigrants to Canada are joking that Canadian government services are 19th century by comparison.
Sternenko has proven himself invaluable in fundraising, crowdfunding and organizing logistics for drone deliveries to frontline units. He's very deeply involved with modern drone warfare advancements.
Together they have a plan - a technological quantum leap in drone warfare. They announced a number of ambitious projects:
- AI-assisted drone interceptors
- Full network integration of drone forces into a single platform
- A centralized command and control center tapping into the above integrated network
- An ambitious new target of 50,000 dead Russians per month
Speaking of ambitious targets:
Well, December 2025 was the first time UAF reported hitting that magic $35K/month casualty target (in this case 35K dead and wounded combined). 12,000 of those were inflicted by the Unmanned Systems Forces (i.e. drone forces), so there is video proof of every single one of those. UAF claims they have documented proof for the rest of the 35K casualties too, though that's just a claim.
Regardless, good on them to finally outpace Russian recruitment efforts with inflicted casualties. Good start if that's true. I just love that their new MoD looked at this success and said "we can do a lot better".
New minister of defense Fedorov:
Ukraine’s tech prodigy becomes new minister of defense
Mykhailo Fedorov aims to “stop the enemy by force” with a top priority being to halt Russia’s air attacks.
www.politico.eu
New executive advisor to the defense minister Sternenko:
This is Ukraine tapping into its young and brightest talent. Both are in their early 30s and both have proven to be exceptionally competent is their previous endeavors.
Fedorov is said to possess silicone-valley-esque entrepreneurial spirit. He was responsible for the digital transformation of the Ukrainian government services up until the MoD appointment. I've only heard raving reviews about the Ukrainian Diya platform he built - recent Ukrainian immigrants to Canada are joking that Canadian government services are 19th century by comparison.
Sternenko has proven himself invaluable in fundraising, crowdfunding and organizing logistics for drone deliveries to frontline units. He's very deeply involved with modern drone warfare advancements.
Together they have a plan - a technological quantum leap in drone warfare. They announced a number of ambitious projects:
- AI-assisted drone interceptors
- Full network integration of drone forces into a single platform
- A centralized command and control center tapping into the above integrated network
- An ambitious new target of 50,000 dead Russians per month
Speaking of ambitious targets:
Well, December 2025 was the first time UAF reported hitting that magic $35K/month casualty target (in this case 35K dead and wounded combined). 12,000 of those were inflicted by the Unmanned Systems Forces (i.e. drone forces), so there is video proof of every single one of those. UAF claims they have documented proof for the rest of the 35K casualties too, though that's just a claim.
Regardless, good on them to finally outpace Russian recruitment efforts with inflicted casualties. Good start if that's true. I just love that their new MoD looked at this success and said "we can do a lot better".
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