1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,563 2 00:00:00,563 --> 00:00:05,269 The war in Ukraine continues to smolder without any significant gains for either side. 3 00:00:05,269 --> 00:00:07,803 "What's that all about?" you might ask. 4 00:00:07,803 --> 00:00:11,013 "Is it really true that neither side in the war has the upper hand?" 5 00:00:11,013 --> 00:00:13,253 "Or is that actually the intention?" 6 00:00:13,253 --> 00:00:19,573 This program examines the question of which parties might have an interest in seeing the war continue. 7 00:00:19,573 --> 00:00:25,433 After all, the people who are suffering are certainly not interested in seeing the war drag on. 8 00:00:25,433 --> 00:00:32,640 That's how Kla.TV received a plea for help from a Ukrainian citizen who, for many reasons, finds the war very strange. 9 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:37,592 Among other things, he asks why attacks often target civilian infrastructure and why, above all, the 10 00:00:37,592 --> 00:00:41,124 civilian population suffers the consequences of the war. 11 00:00:41,124 --> 00:00:47,643 At the same time, he asks why Ukraine’s strategically important military targets have been largely spared and 12 00:00:47,643 --> 00:00:54,485 why, apparently, no villas belonging to government officials in Kyiv have been hit by attacks. 13 00:00:54,485 --> 00:00:57,445 Ordinary people are among the losers. 14 00:00:57,445 --> 00:01:00,789 Nevertheless, there are also parties that profit from the war. 15 00:01:00,789 --> 00:01:07,160 Among the winners in this situation are certainly defense technology companies such as Palantir and Anduril. 16 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:12,767 They can further develop their technologies in data processing and autonomous weapon systems under 17 00:01:12,767 --> 00:01:17,073 real-world combat conditions and then bring them to market. 18 00:01:17,073 --> 00:01:26,371 For example, Palantir CEO Alex Karp was the first executive of a major U.S. technology company to travel to Kyiv to meet with 19 00:01:26,371 --> 00:01:31,273 President Zelenskyy after the conflict broke out in June 2022. 20 00:01:31,273 --> 00:01:36,319 Since then, the Gotham software has been used in combat and continues to be developed. 21 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:42,986 Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov confirmed that his armed forces are using 22 00:01:42,986 --> 00:01:46,885 Palantir software to plan attacks on Russia. 23 00:01:46,885 --> 00:01:53,967 Palantir, in collaboration with the Ukrainian Army, has developed an AI-based system to analyze and 24 00:01:53,967 --> 00:01:58,495 process intelligence and military reconnaissance data. 25 00:01:58,495 --> 00:02:03,918 The data collected from the battlefield is used to train AI models and develop systems capable of 26 00:02:03,918 --> 00:02:07,263 detecting targets even under difficult conditions. 27 00:02:07,263 --> 00:02:12,983 In addition, the stock value of both Palantir and Anduril has risen by several 28 00:02:12,983 --> 00:02:16,945 hundred percent over the past two to three years. 29 00:02:16,945 --> 00:02:25,649 Anduril specializes in the development of autonomous weapons systems and is also testing its products in Ukraine. 30 00:02:25,649 --> 00:02:31,805 Drawing on its experiences from the war in Ukraine, Palantir has further developed the “Maven Smart System.” 31 00:02:31,805 --> 00:02:41,258 It is an AI-powered system that automatically analyzes data from military intelligence and identifies targets for attacks. 32 00:02:41,258 --> 00:02:48,264 In Ukraine, this reduced the time from target detection to attack from hours to minutes. 33 00:02:48,264 --> 00:02:53,069 On the Palantir blog, under the heading “What’s Next?”, you can read: 34 00:02:53,069 --> 00:02:55,664 "The industry is ready and willing. 35 00:02:55,664 --> 00:03:02,453 "NATO must continue to create opportunities—both through exercises and events …" 36 00:03:02,453 --> 00:03:06,622 What could be more suitable than a real battlefield? 37 00:03:06,622 --> 00:03:14,672 In 2023, Ukraine launched “Brave1,” an innovation platform for defense technology. 38 00:03:14,672 --> 00:03:20,104 The goal is to support Ukrainian and international companies, startups, and developers 39 00:03:20,104 --> 00:03:23,364 in the development of military technologies. 40 00:03:23,364 --> 00:03:31,880 "Brave1 Dataroom" enables companies to train and further develop AI models using real-world data from the war in Ukraine. 41 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:36,078 Funding is provided for “innovation competitions” in the following areas: 42 00:03:36,078 --> 00:03:42,560 Drone defense, electromagnetic attack and defense systems, autonomous weapon systems. 43 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:47,968 One area of focus, for example, is the automatic detection of Russian drones. 44 00:03:47,968 --> 00:03:53,801 The smoldering war in Ukraine keeps the specter of the Russian threat alive, because without that threat, there 45 00:03:53,801 --> 00:03:57,943 would be no sense of urgency for high military spending. 46 00:03:57,943 --> 00:04:03,031 Once a peace agreement is reached, defense budgets would have to be cut, and orders placed with defense 47 00:04:03,031 --> 00:04:06,529 contractors would have to be postponed or canceled. 48 00:04:06,529 --> 00:04:11,743 This would certainly have a significant negative impact on these companies' stock prices. 49 00:04:11,743 --> 00:04:16,219 The major shareholders in most defense contractors are BlackRock and Vanguard. 50 00:04:16,219 --> 00:04:21,759 So it's no surprise that Friedrich Merz, the former chairman of the supervisory board of BlackRock Germany, is 51 00:04:21,759 --> 00:04:25,350 fueling the war in Ukraine rather than de-escalating it. 52 00:04:25,350 --> 00:04:32,949 Shortly before the German Armed Forces placed a major order, BlackRock, for example, increased its stake in Rheinmetall. 53 00:04:32,949 --> 00:04:37,249 The weapons systems of the future are being developed and tested in Ukraine. 54 00:04:37,249 --> 00:04:43,569 However, it’s not just weapons that are being tested; the “Diia” project is also being used to roll out the digital government. 55 00:04:43,569 --> 00:04:47,682 Diia is the Ukrainian government's central digital platform. 56 00:04:47,682 --> 00:04:54,202 Citizens can use numerous government services online and manage documents digitally. 57 00:04:54,202 --> 00:04:59,910 Since all the information a person generates through their daily activities is available in digital 58 00:04:59,910 --> 00:05:03,451 form, it can be analyzed and categorized using AI. 59 00:05:03,451 --> 00:05:07,300 Palantir has now made its way into Diia as well. 60 00:05:07,300 --> 00:05:12,248 It will be a piece of cake for the government to exercise total control over its citizens. 61 00:05:12,248 --> 00:05:18,145 According to Valeriya Ionan, an advisor to Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, the war has 62 00:05:18,145 --> 00:05:24,685 actually accelerated digital transformation in the civilian sector rather than slowing it down. 63 00:05:24,685 --> 00:05:31,953 Palantir software has become the backbone of the Ukrainian army and seems likely to become that of the Ukrainian state as well. 64 00:05:31,953 --> 00:05:35,775 This represents a monopoly on power virtually without precedent. 65 00:05:35,775 --> 00:05:40,703 Is Ukraine on its way to becoming a technocratic state, as advocated by Peter 66 00:05:40,703 --> 00:05:44,767 Thiel, the co-founder and co-owner of Palantir? 67 00:05:44,767 --> 00:05:52,088 The program “The Peter Thiel File” , it is explained how Palantir, the technology company co-founded by Peter Thiel, 68 00:05:52,088 --> 00:05:57,642 provides systems that lay the technical groundwork for an increasingly comprehensive and 69 00:05:57,642 --> 00:06:01,362 potentially totalitarian surveillance state. 70 00:06:01,362 --> 00:06:06,087 But Ukraine is not the only country on its way to becoming a technocratic state. 71 00:06:06,087 --> 00:06:12,847 Just as the Russian government fully supported the entire agenda during the COVID-19 crisis—from the Sputnik vaccine, which 72 00:06:12,847 --> 00:06:19,894 caused numerous adverse reactions, to the sanctions—the Kremlin is pulling out all the stops in the war in Ukraine as well. 73 00:06:19,894 --> 00:06:27,298 According to the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies (IEEE) of the Spanish Ministry of Defense, the war in Ukraine is 74 00:06:27,298 --> 00:06:32,806 accelerating the race for technological innovation and making artificial intelligence (AI) 75 00:06:32,806 --> 00:06:37,156 increasingly crucial to future military supremacy. 76 00:06:37,156 --> 00:06:43,979 Such an armed conflict is like a laboratory where major powers and companies in the industry can continuously 77 00:06:43,979 --> 00:06:51,456 train and test AI systems for a wide range of capabilities, functionalities, and applications: 78 00:06:51,456 --> 00:06:57,590 "Moscow is providing Beijing with operational intelligence based on its experiences in this war—and specifically 79 00:06:57,590 --> 00:07:04,210 regarding AI—while China is collaborating with Russia on the development of high-tech military technology." 80 00:07:04,210 --> 00:07:08,331 That is according to the report by the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies. 81 00:07:08,331 --> 00:07:12,365 According to publicly available information, there is as yet no single company in 82 00:07:12,365 --> 00:07:15,673 Russia that is an exact counterpart to Palantir. 83 00:07:15,673 --> 00:07:22,811 Instead, there are several systems and companies that cover different aspects of what Palantir offers. 84 00:07:22,811 --> 00:07:27,275 For example, the Russian defense contractor Rostec develops, among other things, 85 00:07:27,275 --> 00:07:31,247 electronics, software, AI, drones, and military systems. 86 00:07:31,247 --> 00:07:36,763 NtechLab, for its part, specializes in AI-based video analysis, facial recognition, and 87 00:07:36,763 --> 00:07:41,113 the detection of vehicles and license plates. 88 00:07:41,113 --> 00:07:47,111 Russia, too, has extensive digital surveillance and analysis systems; however, these are not concentrated within 89 00:07:47,111 --> 00:07:53,680 a single organization but are distributed among various government and government-affiliated entities. 90 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:59,773 The Russian counterpart to the Ukrainian digital platform “Diia” is primarily the government 91 00:07:59,773 --> 00:08:03,553 portal “Gosuslugi,” including its mobile app. 92 00:08:03,553 --> 00:08:09,818 Just as Diia is driving the development of the digital government in Ukraine, Gosuslugi plays a similarly 93 00:08:09,818 --> 00:08:14,165 key role in the digitization of the Russian government. 94 00:08:14,165 --> 00:08:20,599 In Russia, too, those who suffer the most are the ones who have no interest in a prolonged war: the people. 95 00:08:20,599 --> 00:08:25,438 While Ukrainian citizens report Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure, Russian citizens 96 00:08:25,438 --> 00:08:29,056 also complain about Ukrainian attacks on civilians. 97 00:08:29,056 --> 00:08:35,011 According to an article in Anti-Spiegel, the Ukrainian army is said to have attacked at least 98 00:08:35,011 --> 00:08:38,882 24 civilian buses with drones in July 2026 alone. 99 00:08:38,882 --> 00:08:45,115 Since mid-July 2026, warehouses and logistics centers belonging to the Russian online retailer Wildberries 100 00:08:45,115 --> 00:08:49,452 have also been repeatedly hit by Ukrainian drone attacks. 101 00:08:49,452 --> 00:08:53,762 Wildberries is often referred to as the “Russian Amazon.” 102 00:08:53,762 --> 00:08:56,707 All of this just keeps adding fuel to the fire. 103 00:08:56,707 --> 00:09:01,624 It’s hard to shake the impression that governments are all in this together, working to prolong the war while 104 00:09:01,624 --> 00:09:07,297 simultaneously pushing forward the establishment of a digital, totalitarian state in their own countries. 105 00:09:07,297 --> 00:09:15,156 This seems to be the real reason why people are still dying every day and why all efforts toward peace come to nothing. 106 00:09:15,156 --> 00:09:21,025 That is why it is important to stay alert and recognize the common threads behind these warmongers and AI developments.