Allies to have access to 'extraordinarily valuable' battle data

Ukraine’s newly appointed Defence Minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, said the country plans to create a system that would allow allied nations to train artificial intelligence models using combat data gathered during the war with Russia, according to Reuters.

Fedorov, who previously served as minister for digital transformation, described the database as one of Ukraine’s key “cards” in negotiations with partners.

Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, Ukrainian forces have collected extensive battlefield intelligence.

This includes systematically logged combat statistics and millions of hours of drone footage recorded across different fronts.

Such material is particularly valuable for artificial intelligence development, which depends on large volumes of real-world data to learn how people, vehicles and weapons behave under combat conditions.

Fedorov said Kyiv intends to build a dedicated platform that would allow partners to use Ukrainian data to train their own software and AI products.

“We will build a system where they can train their software products using our data,” he said, without giving a timeline or technical details.

Ukraine offers allies access to 'extraordinarily valuable' battlefield data