The start-ups helping Ukraine win the drone war with Russia

 

“We do what we can, with what we have, where we are,” is a common refrain you hear from Ukrainians. It sums up the unique and innovative way that the country and its people have been able to respond to Russian aggression using whatever is at their disposal – petrol bombs, Molotov cocktails, or off-the-shelf drones. 

While Ukraine has received billions of dollars in military aid (anti-tank missiles, drones, howitzers, air defence systems, helmets, armoured vehicles), the on-the-ground-reality is that while Western military aid continues to pour into Ukraine — or trickle in in the case…