The Line in Ukraine Is Being Held by Robots*
The Information War Club’s February Intelligence Report: the systems reshaping modern warfare
by JP LINDSLEY in KYIV
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*Infantry remain essential to Ukraine’s defense. But armed robots and drones have held specific frontline positions—in some cases for weeks at a time.
Find this and other insights in our just-released February Information War Club intelligence report.
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Every bit of it this is damn difficult. Nerves are frayed, wits are worn.
Hello from frozen, blacked-out Kyiv. Like many here, as I write I have neither electricity nor heat. It’s simply uncomfortable everywhere: The ice-covered hilly sidewalks threaten to wipe people out; the high-rise buildings without working elevators necessitate serious daily climbing; and minimal heating means that most people sleep in scarves and coats amid air raid alarms and explosions. But these challenges are luxury compared to life at the front or in a drone-besieged city like Kherson.
Still, as was said of London in the blitz, “It's hard to kill the regular life of a great city,” and Kyiv keeps clicking. This includes our Under Fire News team, which today releases our Monthly Insight Report looking at January 2026—available in full to founding-level subscribers.
Amid information overload and insanely rapid news cycles, this report offers a calm, grounded way to assess reality—and to keep a clear, digestible record of the war.
Inside this month’s Information War Club Report:
Ukraine’s robots are now holding frontline positions—one armed unmanned ground vehicle reportedly held terrain for 45 days with no infantry present.
Russian soldiers surrendered to a machine—a first-of-its-kind psychological shift in modern warfare.
Ukraine is rebuilding air defense from the ground up—cheap interceptor drones + automated battle-management software instead of million-dollar missiles.
Meet the systems and companies in this mil-tech revolution: Salute interceptors, DevDroid UGVs, Sky Hunter, Bora Industries, Drone Fight Group.
Western money is slowly starting to follow battlefield proof — U.S. firm Ondas announces up to $11M for Ukrainian combat-validated drone tech.
China is the silent engine of Russia’s war—Chinese industrial inputs are sustaining Russian missile and drone production despite sanctions.
Wins, losses, and blind spots in the information war—what President Zelensky is getting right, where Ukraine’s message still breaks down, and what Washington continues to misunderstand.
January 2026 on the battlefield—Russia bled manpower for meters of ground, Ukraine held fortified lines, and Moscow tried all it could to break Ukrainian civilian will through nationwide infrastructure attacks amid the coldest winter in years.
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