What I learnt about the future of war in Ukraine this week
The head of Ukraine’s military intelligence, perhaps the best-known military intelligence leader in the world, has three lessons from this war.
Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov says humans are still critical in the intelligence process, and AI has some way to go to be fully reliable in war. Bloomberg
Mick RyanMilitary strategist and retired Australian Army major general.
We are ushered into a room in the Kyiv area. A long table dominates the room. On one side of the table is a single nameplate with my name on it. On the other side, the entire length of the table has an extended line of nameplates. In the very centre is the name of the man I have come to see. Budanov.
Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov is the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence. He has been in this position for almost five years and has a reputation for creative, outside-the-box thinking and daring strike operations in occupied territories and deep inside Russia. He is also well known for his courage and has been wounded several times on operations.
