Ukraine uses facial recognition to identify dead Russian soldiers, minister says

Reuters ^ | March 25, 2022 | Paresh Dave

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Ukraine uses facial recognition to identify dead Russian soldiers, minister says

By Paresh Dave

March 25, 2022 12:32 AM GMT+9

Last Updated 10 hours ago

OAKLAND, Calif., March 23 (Reuters) - Ukraine is using facial recognition software to identify the bodies of Russian soldiers killed in combat and to trace their families to inform them of their deaths, Ukraine's vice prime minister told Reuters.

Reuters exclusively reported that Ukraine's Ministry of Defense this month began using technology from Clearview AI, a New York-based facial recognition provider that finds images on the web that match faces from uploaded photos. It was not clear at that time how the technology would be used.

Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's vice prime minister who also runs the ministry of digital transformation, told Reuters Ukraine had been using Clearview AI software to find the social media accounts of dead Russian soldiers.

From there, authorities are messaging relatives to make arrangements to collect the body, he said.

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We always wore one dog tag laced in our flight boot and one on the chain around the neck and taped to the chest with medical adhesive tape.

Of little use in a high speed impact with the ground and fire. Now DNA is used.