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When the full-scale war began, businesses left Russia due to sanctions, while their departures across Ukraine were driven by the threat of Russian missile strikes. Now, big brands are coming back to Ukraine. Here’s how global companies are learning to operate under air-raid alerts—and sometimes, underground.

Ukraine began the war reliant on other countries’ weapons. Today, it builds its own fast, cheap, and battle-proven tech, and the very states that once supplied kits are now lining up to get a piece of the action.

Ukraine just turned Lviv’s football stadium into a global defense tech arena. At the second Defense Tech Valley summit, organized by Brave1 and Ukraine's Digital Transformation Ministry, over 5,000 innovators gathered to see the next generation of weapons and solidify Ukraine’s role as a hub of military innovation.

At 16, Yurii launched a start-up to design anti-drone ammunition. Now 18, he balances school, prototypes, and a call to defend Ukraine’s skies.

Ukraine’s latest drone strike targeted the Rosneft refinery in Ryazan, one of Russia’s five largest. The strike halted half of its refining capacity and ignited fires that lit the night sky. The strikes mark a continuation of Kyiv’s intensified campaign against Russian oil infrastructure, which is now deepening fuel shortages across the country and expanding the number of regions facing queues at the pump.

Fall is here, and with it comes a wave of blockbuster game releases on consoles and PCs. But behind the hype, some of these titles are tied to companies that help bankroll the Kremlin. The question is simple: shouldn’t players know what their money might be funding?