When Yuriy Shelmuk last year co-founded a company making drone signal jammers, he said there was little interest in the devices. It now produces 2,500 a month and has a six-week waiting list.
The vast majority of more than 800 companies in Ukraine's burgeoning defence production sector were founded after Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion that enters its 1,000th day on Tuesday.
Demand shifted after the failure of a major Ukrainian counteroffensive in the summer of 2023 that was meant to put invading Russian forces on the back foot. Kyiv cited Russia’s extensive use of ...