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A Drone Killed Three Ukrainians. It Was Guided Entirely by A.I.

24 août 2026 à 10:24
An attack by what Ukrainian officials said was a Russian drone with an Nvidia chip presages a dystopian future of weaponry untethered to humans.

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Some of Russia’s A.I. Drones Are Powered by Nvidia Microcomputers, Ukrainian Officials Say

24 août 2026 à 05:02
The tech giant says it does not sell the devices in Russia, but they are widely available on resale markets. When purchased that way, they are virtually impossible to track.

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A Nvidia Jetson Orin minicomputer that Ukrainian officials say was found in an autonomous drone that Russia recently tested in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.

A Drone Killed Three Ukrainians. It Was Guided Entirely by A.I.

24 août 2026 à 05:00
An attack by what Ukrainian officials said was a Russian drone with an Nvidia chip presages a dystopian future of weaponry untethered to humans.

© Nicole Tung for The New York Times

Germany Identifies a Plot After Finding a Weapons Cache, but Names No Culprit

21 août 2026 à 13:28
Officials were careful not to point a finger, after revealing what they said was a plan for a political attack, at a time when a series of destabilizing actions have been blamed on Russia.

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“This case shows that we are working on the assumption that the risk level is high,” Alexander Dobrindt, the German interior minister, said at a news conference on Friday.

At 77, She Walked 9 Miles Under Drone-Filled Skies to Escape From ‘Hell’

21 août 2026 à 10:43
Rescue teams no longer enter the city of Lyman, in eastern Ukraine, because it is deemed too dangerous. The only way out is a terrifying journey on foot.

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Nina Ivanova at an evacuation center in Sloviansk, Ukraine. She and her daughters took their chances on the road, as countless Ukrainians have done before them all along the front line.

Missile Barrage Shows Russia’s Doubt That Ukraine Can Defend Itself

20 août 2026 à 10:20
Moscow is taking advantage of Ukraine’s depleted stock of interceptors and is intensifying attacks, worsening the civilian death toll.

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Evacuating a resident from a damaged apartment building in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday.

Kyiv’s Dormition Cathedral is Revived After Russian Drone Strike

19 août 2026 à 05:29
Volunteers and priests rallied to clean up Kyiv’s Dormition Cathedral, still smelling of smoke from a massive blaze, for an anniversary celebration.

Nadiia Fesenko mopped the floor of the Dormition Cathedral, one of the main cathedrals of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra preserve, after it was struck by a Russian drone several weeks prior, in Kyiv, in July.

How Ukraine’s Satellites Help Drive Its War Drones

17 août 2026 à 16:38
Ukrainian drone teams have a powerful new tool: near real-time information on troop movements and locations.

A Ukrainian soldier preparing a drone for a strike on a Russian target in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine last month.
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