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Ukraine's defense industry gets a second chance “Today, Ukraine is building its defense industry for the second time, and in a way opposite to the Soviet one: from the bottom up, with private money, in open competition, under the harshest quality control in the world — the front line,” writes Daria Yaniieva, President of Defense Builder, in this op-ed. Photo: Nikoletta Stoyanova/Getty Images.
Unfreezing Europe's Russian assets debate There has been little movement in EU circles on the question of using over 200 billion euros ($227 billion) of immobilized Russian assets since Sweden reopened the topic a month ago, but those wanting to move the matter forward are increasingly going public with their ideas. Months after the idea of directly using Russian assets was shot down in Brussels, Sweden led a new…
Ukraine’s defense tech boom needs more than battlefield innovation, deputy minister says "We are not technological and innovative because one day we woke up and decided to be," Deputy Digital Transformation Minister Natalia Denikeieva told the Kyiv Independent in an interview in central Kyiv. "For us, it's a matter of survival." As Europe faces growing threats from Russia, the Kyiv Independent sat down with…
