{
  "id": 14742957,
  "title": "How far will Ukraine go to disrupt Russian air travel? Zelensky has yet to approve a more aggressive plan involving AI-guided drones, The Atlantic reports.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/how-far-will-ukraine-go-to-disrupt-russian-air-travel-zelensky-has",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-15T16:56:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/15/how-far-will-ukraine-go-to-disrupt-russian-air-travel-zelensky-has-yet-to-approve-a-more-aggressive-plan-involving-ai-guided-drones-the-atlantic-reports"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Ukraine is intensifying its efforts to disrupt Russian air travel, aiming to take the campaign beyond its initial stages, according to sources cited by The Atlantic. The operation, known as M&M's, has been under development with the goal of deploying long-range drones to create hazardous conditions for Russian airports. However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has not yet given the green light to a more aggressive plan that involves AI-guided drones, capable of evading Russian air defenses. Mykhailo Fedorov, who was the defense minister when the original plan was formulated, had actively supported it before his dismissal in July. The campaign saw a significant increase in air traffic disruptions during the first two weeks of October, with the four major airports in Moscow experiencing a combined 101 hours of closures, compared to just 46 hours in all of September. The situation escalated overnight into October 14, with all of Moscow's airports closing for an unprecedented seven consecutive hours.",
  "summary": "Ukraine’s campaign to paralyze airport operations in Russia is “only just getting started,” sources told The Atlantic’s Simon Shuster.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Business Insider",
        "title": "Ukraine wants to use AI to predict where Russian drones will hit the battlefield with 'high probability'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/ukraine-wants-to-use-ai-to-predict-where-russian-drones-will-hit-the",
        "published": "2026-10-14T05:09:15.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}