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Olena Kryzhanivska

Olena Kryzhanivska is a Ukrainian policy analyst and senior editor at the NATO Association of Canada. Kryzhanivska has provided expert analysis for the Norwegian Embassy in Turkey and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs. She also publishes the weekly report “Ukraine’s Arms Monitor.”

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Opinion: Aid to Ukraine is now a 2-way street empowering US drone warfare

Before the election, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson said he had "little appetite" for further military aid to Ukraine. While the sentiment is somewhat understandable, it misses a critical point: the nature of warfare has fundamentally changed over the past year, and Ukraine’s aid no longer needs to be a one-way street. Ukraine can now offer its expertise and technology to the U.S. in return. Ukraine possesses the world’s most advanced tactical unmanned and autonomous weaponry, along with the