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- Since his ouster as
Ukraine's minister of defense,

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Mykhailo Fedorov has not been idle

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when it comes to continuing
to fight Russian forces.

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The former official announced
a new initiative recently

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called The Army of Robots
that looks to deploy

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all manner of deadly drones
to fight future battles.

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Fedorov announced the effort at the recent

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IT Arena Conference in Lviv, Ukraine,

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and paired his speech with an eye-popping

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trailer for his concept.

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- Warfare is changing,

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but the most valuable
resource is still human life.

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The real advantage is sending robots

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where people face the greatest risk.

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That's why we are building
an army of robots.

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Just imagine, robotic systems control

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the battlefield twenty four seven.

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Sensors detect movement, sound,

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and the smallest changes
in the environment.

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Different types of
robots respond to threats

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before they reach people.

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Robots intercept the enemy,
defend against attacks,

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destroy targets.

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Move on to enemy positions first.

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People control the systems
from a safe distance

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and enter the cleared
position only when it is safe.

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Yeah, it sounds like
the war of the future,

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but we are already there,

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and we are starting to build
the army of robots today.

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For a long time, strength belonged

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to those with more people.

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Today, strength belongs to those
who know how to save lives.

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- We spoke with Fedorov at the conference,

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to learn more about how he
sees the future of warfare.

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- So you were just on
the stage talking about

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the new Army of Robots Initiative.

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Can you tell us about that?

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- Yeah, it will be our key
direction for a new company,

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and we are going to create an
ecosystem which will allow us

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to have some drones,
robots for our first line,

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in a short period of time.

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And our ideas to involve a
lot of different startups,

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companies, venture capital,

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to transform these assets
and energy into robots.

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And you know that we
launched the army of drones

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four years ago and it changed
everything in our country,

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and in the war, and I think
in the future of all the wars.

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And it will be our new
project and we have ambitions

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to substitute our infantry and our people

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with these new robots and
different types of robots.

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And I think it's inevitable
and we will do it.

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- It's the future of warfare.
- Yes.

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- And so would you say it's different

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than the army of drones or it's
really a continuation of it?

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- It's about physical AI, about hardware,

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about humanoid robots, and
it's the logic of this project

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will be similar as we had
in the army of drones.

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We will create an
infrastructure and a system

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that will allow us to
implement this project.

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- Can you tell us what
timeline we're looking at?

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- We are going to eliminate
the first Russians,

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or Russian equipment in six months.

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- Wow.
- Yes.

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- That's fast.
- Yes, yes, yes.

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And maybe the first sold
operation in one year,

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but we don't have enough time.

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We need to seize the initiative
in this technological cycle

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and we start Russians at the battlefield.

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And of course Russia, if Russia
thinks about a new strategy,

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how to hack our frontline,

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and we have to be the firstside
who hacks our frontline.

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And it could be robots, it
could be autonomous systems.

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And we will have three key directions

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with sensors and robots.

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It's a cheap anti-jetchah heats missiles.

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And the third direction,

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it will be AI strike drones and missiles.

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And today we are speaking
only about robots and sensors

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and we'll launch this project,

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but the second and the third directions

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will be connected with other directions.

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- Also anti-ballistic
development interceptors?

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- I think it's inevitable too.

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And we know a few projects that
are very interesting for us,

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but it will be the following
stages of development

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of our new company.
- New company.

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And so the business side,

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your companies are just
one of the elements

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that you are now focusing
on since you've left

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the Ministry of Defense?

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- Yeah, I think we found the
key how to hack Russians,

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and we have our own
doctrine airline economy.

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It's our war strategy and
I implemented this strategy

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since 2023 when I was a minister
of digital transformations

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and I became the minister of defense.

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And now as a private person, I
want to gather the best team.

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I want to raise venture
capital into our new companies

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and to continue to create new products,

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that will allow Ukraine to defeat Russia.

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And it will be, it will
be very interesting

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for Western investors
because it's connected.

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The result of the battlefield
is, has a direct connection

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with capitalization of these products.

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And I think we have the
best expertise in the world

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how to do it and we'll do it.

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- How can America help in your initiative

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and in Ukraine's push at the moment?

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- I think the fact that
the whole Western world

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is with Ukraine,

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it's our competitive
advantage against Russia.

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But I don't see a lot of engineers

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and big tech companies
in Ukraine to be honest.

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Of course we get the support with money,

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with cloud and all these
different directions,

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but we need to involve your
smart brains to this war

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and to defeat Russia in
every technological cycle.

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You are the country that
launched the best technologies

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and invented the best
technologies in the world.

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And it's very important to
combine our understanding

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of the war and your
expertise, your engineers,

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our smart brains and to defeat Russia

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in the new technological cycle.

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- Right, and because
this is intimately tied

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with the global economy.

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- Yeah, and the new technological cycle

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will be very important for
this war because Russia copies

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our experience in this war Russia.

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Learned how to predict new technologies

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and how to scale these technologies.

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It's very dangerous, not only for Ukraine,

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but for the USA, and for the whole world.

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And that's why I believe that
your country will support us

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with your best engineers,
your best big tech companies

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and with your capital.

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And I believe that
everything will be okay.

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- I believe I remember talking about

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the fund that you're going to start,

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and some economic goals for
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Can you yell us?
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I think our fund will be a corporate fund,

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a part of our defense company.

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Of course, and maybe then
we will launch a VC fund.

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But we have some technological
gap in our product line.

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For example, we need to
invent a new cheap missile

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against jet Shaheds,
against cruise missiles.

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It should be available missile.

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That's why we want to
launch a corporate fund

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as a part of our defense company.

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And we have 20, 25
companies that we believe

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the future belongs to these companies,

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and we want to invest in these companies.

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- Yeah, why last words for the
American military audience?

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- First of all, thank you for your support

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because I can't imagine

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how we would live without your support.

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And it's very important
for us that you are part

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of our big world team against Russia,

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but we need your support
with new technology,

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with your engineers and you
need to invest your energy,

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because it's not only
the question of Ukraine.

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It's your question. It's about
the future of this world.

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And please, let's start doing together

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new technological projects.

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And please, we need to defeat Russia

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in a new technological cycle.