Even interpreting this "lock on" as generic face-like-thing recognition (e.g. digital camera autofocus) rather than anything personalized, I'm skeptical:
1. The source mentioned in the article is not "Russia" officially, but "the blogger" at "Dva Mayora" which is "a pro-war Russian military channel." There's a strong incentive there to come up with engagement-bait.
2. A battlefield drone doing humanoid face detection seems like an iffy investment. It's so easy to fail because the target is turned the other way, has a helmet and isn't looking upwards, or when they have a handkerchief over the lower half of their face... which would be an extraordinarily cheap and easy countermeasure.
1. The source mentioned in the article is not "Russia" officially, but "the blogger" at "Dva Mayora" which is "a pro-war Russian military channel." There's a strong incentive there to come up with engagement-bait.
2. A battlefield drone doing humanoid face detection seems like an iffy investment. It's so easy to fail because the target is turned the other way, has a helmet and isn't looking upwards, or when they have a handkerchief over the lower half of their face... which would be an extraordinarily cheap and easy countermeasure.
Glory to Ukraine!