Putin: Russia will establish unmanned systems forces as a separate military branch.

On the 12th local time, Russian President Putin continued to preside over a meeting focused on national military equipment. The main topics of this meeting were to improve Russia's air defense system, space system, unmanned combat, and automation systems. Putin stated at the meeting that Russia will create unmanned systems forces as a separate military branch. He noted that since the beginning of the special military operation, the Russian air defense system has destroyed more than 0.08 million aerial targets and about 7,500 tactical and cruise missiles made by Western countries. Putin also mentioned that Russia needs to widely introduce advanced digital technologies and artificial intelligence into its weapons. (CCTV News)