How Small Businesses Help Build Ukraine’s Drone Arsenal
A Lviv company began with an idea for finding a captured relative. Now it makes some 30 types of drones — and 80% of…
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These Small Businesses Are Building Ukraine’s Drone Arsenal
Ukraine’s drone industry is not driven only by large defense manufacturers. Small private companies are developing new unmanned systems for the battlefield, often responding…
The American Dad Running Kharkiv’s ‘Hell’s Kitchen’
🇺🇸🇺🇦 Edward Wilton spent most of his adult life working as an attorney in Florida. His son, also Edward, chose a very different path,…
A Florida Lawyer Lost His Son in Ukraine. Now He’s a Volunteer Cooks 20 Kilometers From the Front
Edward Wilton's son was killed in the Luhansk region at 23. His father answered the loss by coming to Ukraine himself — to a…
U.S. Marine Spent 635 Days Fighting Russia. Now He’s in Washington
Matthew Sampson served in the U.S. Marine Corps and deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. Then, in 2022, he volunteered to fight in Ukraine. He…
He Left His Superyacht Life to Volunteer in Ukraine — Then A Russian Drone Hit Him
Eddie Scott came to Ukraine from a life at sea, working on luxury superyachts and travelling the world. He planned to volunteer for just…
THIS U.S. VETERAN LOST TWO LIMBS FIGHTING FOR UKRAINE. HE WANTS TO REJOIN THE FIGHT
“They took my arm and my leg, but I’m not gonna let them break my spirit.” Matthew Cha, a 29-year-old U.S. Army veteran from…
A Daughter’s Fight to Bring Her Father Out of Occupied Ukraine
For 52 days, Yanina Andrieieva had no idea whether her father was still alive. She was in Kyiv and her father, who couldn’t walk…
The Unexpected Therapy Helping Ukraine’s Wounded Soldiers Recover
Stuffed animals are helping Ukrainian soldiers recover from PTSD, phantom limb pain, and the trauma of Russian captivity. Originally developed in Israel for children,…
