The Next Military Tech Wave That Will Change Warfare in Ukraine | Mykyta Puz, AZOV

Mykyta Puz — Miltech Scouting and Partnership Officer at the 12th Special Forces Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, "AZOV". AZOV needs no introduction. The brigade that held the Mariupol Azovstal Steel Plant againstoverwhelming Russian forces in 2022 — and made it legendary — is now fighting in the Toretsk and Pokrovsk sectors of the Donetsk region, one of the most intense battlegrounds of the war. Mykyta's background is anything but typical: French translator by education, competitive car racer by hobby — and now the person bridging Western defence tech with one of Ukraine's most battle-hardened brigades. We talk about why 90% of technology pitched to Azov simply isn't battlefield-ready, how fibre-optic drones changed the war and what the next revolution in Ukraine's military technology might look like.

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