Ukraine Casts AI Weapons as This Era's Nuclear Threat

Ukraine's First Deputy PM Mykhailo Fedorov told the New York Times that "autonomous weapons are the new nuclear weapons," framing AI-driven military systems as essential to national survival against Russia. Fedorov, who champions AI drones to offset Moscow's larger forces, signals urgency to partners while leaving open how such weapons might be governed or where escalation thresholds lie.