00:00Drones and unmanned technologies are increasingly dominating the battlefield in Ukraine.
00:05Used for air defense, moving blood supplies and deep strikes into enemy territory,
00:10they're particularly critical when the manpower is under pressure on the front line.
00:15The Finnish garrison town of Rihimaki is aiming to lead NATO as a hub for such vital defense innovation.
00:22Rihimaki is a long-established rifle manufacturer and recently created an initiative called Define
00:28that brings together military and private sector technologies to aid or substitute soldiers on the front line in Ukraine.
00:35One of those technologies already in use there, using unmanned vehicles, is ARCS Robotics.
00:42Transport wounded soldiers without harming other soldiers that would have to transport the wounded soldier
00:49or just any sort of reconnaissance and surveillance where you would be able to identify
00:56any enemy activities.
00:59Innovation for new technologies is moving at a fast pace, whether it's drones, whether it's unmanned vehicles,
01:05and they're all critical for the front line in Ukraine and also manning the eastern flank of Europe.
01:11Yet Russia, it appears, is innovating just as fast.
01:14I would say they are in a much better position comparing with NATO because, yeah, if you talk about Russia,
01:21they are at war, right?
01:23They have started war against Ukraine and they are developing technologies much faster comparing with other countries.
01:33Alexander Voitko is operating on the front line in Kherson.
01:37He says drones are highly critical for Ukraine given its short supply of manpower.
01:41Russians are learning all the time, too.
01:46They improve their drones, too.
01:49So it's not dumb enemy.
01:52It's a very smart enemy.
01:53So Russia is a very dangerous enemy and we can't underestimate Russia.
02:02Double Tap Investment CEO has just returned from the front line in Kherson,
02:06where he was testing new technologies with the Ukrainian army.
02:09He says Ukraine is buying time for Europe to build up its defenses.
02:14What's happening, the pressure is horrible.
02:16The kill zone is getting thicker and thicker, meaning that there's no front line, like, you know, like line is here.
02:22And it's like 10 kilometers, 20 kilometers.
02:25We have acoustic sensors out there that alarm the drones.
02:31We have counter tactics, counter measures.
02:33It's not easy, but they're not giving up.
02:36I really appreciate that they're buying us time.
02:39NATO says it's constantly ramping up its testing of new defense technologies to strengthen operational resilience.
02:46Shona Murray, Euronews, Rihimaki.
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