A Ukrainian investigator with a recovered Russian Molniya drone in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on July 24, 2026. An attack by what Ukrainian officials said was a Russian drone with an Nvidia chip presages a dystopian future of weaponry untethered to humans. (Nicole Tung/The New York Times) By ANDREW E. KRAMER The young woman ran for her life, but it was too late. A small Russian drone resembling a model airplane swooped down from the sky last month in the city of Zaporizhzhia in southeastern…
