Thread by @ChrisO_wiki

1/ The powerful AI-driven Palantir platform is becoming Ukraine's 'operating system' for the war with Russia. Belarusian-Russian journalist journalist Alex Zimovsky warns that it's "heading towards the point where Palantir will soon become a scary name for children in Russia." ⬇️

2/ Zimovsky has been assessing how Ukraine uses Palantir. He writes:

"As of May 2026, the American company Palantir Technologies has become a key element of Ukraine's AI- and big data-based war management architecture."

3/ "The system is based on the Gotham and MetaConstellation platforms, which integrate into a single combat environment:

→ UAV video feeds
→ satellite reconnaissance
→ SIGINT / electronic intelligence
→ radar data
→ OSINT and open sources

4/ "🔹 The result:
a unified picture of the battlefield is formed in real time, with the ability to make immediate decisions.

5/ "⚙️ What does the system provide?

The Palantir platform is used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Main Intelligence Directorate, and the Security Service of Ukraine for:

6/ "→ intelligence processing
→ operational planning
→ air defense analysis
→ target prioritization
→ battle damage assessment (BDA)
→ accelerating the sensor-to-shooter kill chain.

7/ "In essence, we are talking about the transition from disparate intelligence circuits to a unified combat control system based on AI.

🎯 Deep Strike and strikes on Russian territory to the maximum depth currently possible for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

8/ "A key element of cooperation was confirmed during Alex Karp's visit to Kyiv on 12 May 2026, and his meetings with Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Mykhailo Fedorov.

9/ "🔹 Primary focus:
Using Palantir platforms to:

→ generate target lists
→ coordinate long-range strikes
→ disrupt Russian command and control (C2) systems
→ support Ukraine's asymmetric strategy

10/ "🧠 Brave1 Dataroom. The Brave1 Dataroom project has become a testing ground for combat training of AI.

→ More than 80 AI models
→ More than 100 development companies
→ Training on real frontline data

11/ "The system allows:

→ Accelerating the development of autonomous systems
→ Improving the accuracy of interception and guidance
→ Adapting algorithms based on the results of strikes

12/ "🔥 Practical effect

Palantir systems are used to support precision strikes against:

→ Oil refineries
→ Military-industrial complex facilities
→ Logistics hubs
→ Airfields
→ Elements of Russian C2 infrastructure

13/ "🔹 The objective:
to compensate for Russia's numerical superiority through data processing speed, accuracy, and continuous adaptation.

14/ "📊 Alex Karp publicly described Ukrainian targeting systems as among the most adaptive and sophisticated in the world.

tHe also stated that Palantir's software infrastructure plays a critical role in organizing Ukraine's long-range strikes against Russian territory.

15/ "🧭 Conclusion:

The war in Ukraine is becoming the first large-scale war where:

→ commercial AI is integrated into the combat control circuit
→ a private software company is involved in building a strategic-level kill chain

16/ "→ the battlefield is used as an environment for continuous training of algorithms

➡️ Ukraine is becoming a laboratory for next-generation combat technologies, and Palantir is becoming the core of a new data-driven warfare model." /end

Source:
t.me/zimovskyAL/412…

(Also read the very informative thread below.)