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JP Lindsley | Journalist

@JPLindsley

Sep 2 • 8 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X

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1/ From a coffee break in Copenhagen they just steered a killer robot in war-zone Ukraine.

An incredible new tech enables real-time, zero-lag control, even from 2,000km away.

War from home is the new work from home. 🧵⤵️

2/ At DALO EXPO 2025—Denmark's premier defense exhibition, held in August—visitors witnessed something both encouraging and chilling, as reported by @DefenderMediaUA.

With a simple interface controller they could operate an actual combat robot deep in Ukraine, in real-time. ⤵️

3/ The company behind this breakthrough?

Ark Robotics.

They have a damn cool motto: "Collaborative autonomy for democracies."

🇪🇪🇺🇦 A Ukrainian-Estonian startup founded just one year ago, they've already armed 20 combat brigades with their tech. ⤵️

4/ Their secret weapon: The Frontier System.

It's an AI-powered platform for managing robotic fleets with minimal human input from afar.

Air, land, and sea. All controlled by operators who are nowhere near the danger zone.

Works with ANY manufacturer's drones. ⤵️

5/ Here's what makes this terrifying, if you're the enemy:

⦿ Encrypted real-time video
⦿ Unified interface for commanders
⦿ AI-powered fleet management
⦿ Operators stay alive (many countries away)⤵️

6/ Still a prototype? Yes. Already battle-tested? Also yes.

When your "beta test" is an active war-zone and you're already trusted by 20 brigades, you know you've built something extraordinary.

This is a great value Ukraine can offer to the USA, by the way⤵️

7/ It's safe to say you can expect more of this:

Ukraine just launched K4 Startup Studio—$250,000 grants for AI defense startups.

Read about Arc Robotics from @DefenderMediaUA: thedefender.media/en/2025/08/ark…

Visit Arc Robotics here: ark-robotics.com

and ... ⤵️

8/ And if you made it this far, I invite you to subscribe to my Substack newsletter, delivered at 9:05 am ET every day from Ukraine. . 🧵🎬 lvivnow.substack.com

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Sep 3

1/ Are NATO forces in Ukraine? That's what Russians want to believe.

Which is why they force Ukrainian prisoners of war to march chanting nursery rhymes in German, English, and Polish.

A look at school-shooter level of twisted degeneracy ... 🧵⤵️

2/ Friends who work with recently exchanged Prisoners of War are sending me testimonies from Ukrainians who survived these bizarre Russian camps.

Let's descend into a twisted world, as narrated by one of the Snake Island heroes, now back in Ukraine ⤵️

3/ Ukrainian Vladislav Zadorin, 26, recalls life in a Russian POW camp:

"Once a week, we were allowed to wash. It was a... painful process, because we had to walk to the washing area bent over so far that our heads almost touched the floor, w/our hands tied behind our backs. ⤵️

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JP Lindsley | Journalist

@JPLindsley

Sep 2

1/ Washington, move. Kyiv is becoming the drone-tech capital of the world.

In 2022, Ukraine produced 0 military drones. In 2024 it produced 2 million—and aims for 4+ million in 2025.

Their secret? Skipping defense giants and unleashing garage-born brilliance 🧵⤵️

2/ Ukrainian soldiers don’t drown in bureaucratic reports. No time for that. They tell developers what they need that week.

Hackathons, gov & NGO-run challenges, and direct comms mean drones are built for real battlefield problems, not PowerPoint slides.

📸drone fundraiser ⤵️

3/ The secret?

As reported by Kateryna Bondar at @CSIS:

MONEY FLOWS DIRECTLY TO UNITS, whether from foreign aid through the government or especially through volunteer donations.

Cash → engineers → soldiers → drones. ⤵️

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@JPLindsley

Sep 1

1/ Ukraine’s streets are safe—except when Russian illegal immigrants attack.

European & American streets are NOT safe: 3 Ukrainian women were raped or killed just this past week.

With war zones safer than Western cities, something’s broken. Time to face the dual threat! 🧵⤵️

2/ In the past week—

Paris police arrested a Libyan refugee for raping a Ukrainian woman by the Eiffel Tower.

In Germany, an Iraqi man pushed a 16-year-old Ukrainian girl under a freight train.

In Charlotte, USA—a local man stabbed a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee to death. ⤵️

3/ The irony is cruel.

Ukrainian women fleeing war might have been safer had they stayed home.

In Ukraine, they are respected on the streets and can walk without fear.

The danger in Ukraine comes from Russian missiles in the sky, not from strangers at ground level. ⤵️

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@JPLindsley

Aug 30

1/ Beijing and Moscow are preparing for war—while the West sleeps.

China has bought farmland near more than 30 U.S. military bases.

Russia is building churches overlooking European nuclear plants & security sites.

Are we stupid? 🧵⤵️

2/ Well, Texas and Finland aren't stupid.

Texas just made it illegal for citizens of China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea to buy or rent land.

And Finnish authorities have shut down a Russian Orthodox church located near the naval base in Turku.

What’s going on? ⤵️

3/ In Texas, a Chinese tycoon—ex-PLA officer & Communist Party member—had bought 140,000 acres near Laughlin Air Force Base in Del Rio.

Officially it was for a wind farm.

But it gave potential access to the grid, to water, and to a key U.S. military flight-training hub.⤵️

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@JPLindsley

Aug 28

1/ Ever notice how Putin and Zelenskyy share almost the same first name?

Vladimir. Volodymyr.

One means “ruler of the world.”
The other, “holder of peace.”

As Russia's bombs fell around me in Kyiv last night I realized: That’s the whole war in a nutshell.🧵⤵️

2/ On my mind at once:

⦿ Russia rained down hell last night.

⦿ The Minnesota school shooter’s words sound like Putin’s.

⦿ 3 popes have urged us to read the 1907 novel Lord of the World, about an anti-Christ.

The kicker? "Vladimir" literally means "lord of the world." ⤵️

3/ Now, here's what's wilder:

By contrast, “Volodymyr”— Zelenskyy’s name—means “ruler" or "steward of peace" in Ukrainian.

⦿ Vladimir "Lord of the World" Putin
⦿ Volodymyr "Steward of Peace" Zelenskyy

Two nations, two names, two visions for the world. ⤵️

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@JPLindsley

Aug 27

1/ This isn’t Silicon Valley blabber.
It’s a Defense Tech Valley epic.

Meet a Ukrainian soldier named Vladislav.
He was captured by Russians, who slit his throat and buried him alive.

Ready for a masterclass in survival against cutthroat competitors? 🧵⤵️

2/ Vladislav, age 33 and father of a 4-year-old girl, was captured along with his intel unit.

The Russians gouged out the some of the Ukrainians' eyes. They cut off lips, ears, noses—and genitals.

This demon behavior shouldn’t surprise: Moscow bombs children in their beds. ⤵️

3/ For Vladislav, the Russians slit his throat.

They tossed him in a pit with 7 dead brothers-in-arms.

Kremlin forces threw trash on top to veil the bodies.

The place, Pokrovsk, is named for the Protective Covering of the Virgin Mary.

And Vladislav was somehow alive. ⤵️

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