Ivan Khomenko

Forty years ago, Ukraine’s Kharkiv design bureau produced the T-80UD, the final tank of the Soviet Union. What began as a late-Cold War project became the foundation for Ukraine’s modern armored fleet, including the Oplot.

As militaries race to harness artificial intelligence, Ukraine has quietly moved from theory to battlefield application—deploying autonomous drone swarms that coordinate, adapt, and strike with minimal human oversight.