Ukraine vs Russia: who leads the tech battle? - with Glib Voloskyi

August 22, 2025
Why is technology playing such a decisive role in the Russia-Ukraine war?

Who is ahead in technological innovation—Ukraine or Russia?

How are drones reshaping the battlefield, and how might they also transform technologies of peace?

And why must Europe step up its technological cooperation with Ukraine?

  • Guest: Glib Voloskyi, analyst at the Initiatives Centre of Come Back Alive (Povernys zhyvym) — one of Ukraine’s most prominent charitable foundations, supporting the military and veterans since 2014.
  • Host: Volodymyr Yermolenko, a Ukrainian philosopher, editor-in-chief of UkraineWorld, and president of PEN Ukraine.

Explaining Ukraine is produced by UkraineWorld, an English-language media project about Ukraine, run by Internews Ukraine.

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