How Drone Innovation Reshapes the Battlefield in Ukraine with Kate Bondar

Max and Maria sit down with Kate Bondar, Senior Fellow at CSIS’s Wadhwani AI Center and expert on autonomous warfare, to discuss the role of drones in combat in Ukraine, including Russia’s innovation tactics and takeaways from the recent increase in strikes on Moscow and Kyiv.    Mentioned:  How Russia Is Building a Sovereign Drone Ecosystem for AI-Driven Autonomy (https://www.csis.org/analysis/how-rus...)  | CSIS report by Kate Bondar  Defining Autonomy: Why Software, Not Drones, Will Decide the Next War (https://www.csis.org/analysis/definin...)  | CSIS report by Kate Bondar and Matt Mande  Russia Is Building Tomorrow’s War Machine (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/op...)  | Kate Bondar in The New York Times  Feedback? Suggestions? Ideas to help us improve? Email us at [email protected].  If you love Russian Roulette, let us know by subscribing and leaving a review wherever you get your podcasts.   Listen to our sister podcast, covering all things Europe through a Washington lens: CSIS Podcasts | The Eurofile (https://www.csis.org/podcasts/eurofile)