Vladimir Putin is set to face another blow as Ukraine develops artificially intelligent drones which will be more difficult for Russians to spot.
The AI-powered drones - which can autonomously hunt and strike targets - have been created with more than £200million in Western finance.
The weapon will make attacks less susceptible to Russian electronic blockers, according to Kateryna Chernohorenko, Ukraine’s deputy defence minister.
Chernohorenko explained that pilots will be able to operate them further from the front line thanks to a "joint venture" alongside members of the £1.2billion scheme.
Vladimir Putin is set to face another blow as Ukraine develops artificially intelligent drone which will be more difficult for Russians to spot
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The new technology will allow a human to launch the drone about a mile from their target when AI takes control - making it more difficult for Russians to jam signals.
Ukraine’s deputy defence minister said: "The great challenge is the last mile of engagement taking into account that more and more individual electronic warfare systems are available.
"Our drones should be more effective and should be guided towards the target without any operators.
"It should be based on visual navigation. We also call it ‘last-mile targeting’, homing in according to the image."
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The coalition - led by Britain and Latvia - has set aside a fifth of the funding for Ukraine to manufacture the "unstoppable" drones, The Telegraph reports.
According to British sources, the Government will not have any involvement in producing the drones alongside Ukrainian engineers.
The drone programme has sparked concern over recent weeks with the US condemning Ukraine attacks on oil refineries in Russia.
It comes as Kyiv becomes more reliant on homemade UAVs lethal weapons amid a delay of the US $60billion aid package.
The new technology will allow a human to launch the drone about a mile from their target when AI takes control - making it more difficult for Russians to jam signals
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Chernohorenko added: "We understand the joint ventures are quite a long way [away] and it’s not a fast way but we want to move in this direction to have joint ventures, to prove we’re fast and can produce technological weapons."
A Ministry of Defence spokesman said: "We are leading the way in providing lethal aid to Ukraine, including over 10,000 drones, which can attack targets at sea, provide surveillance and are first-person view.
"The UK is also a joint leader of the drone capability coalition, which is supplying thousands of drones to Ukraine which have proven highly effective on the battlefield."