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Pavlo Verkhniatskyi

Pavlo Verkhniatskyi is a managing partner at COSA, a corporate intelligence firm.

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Opinion: Ukraine is racing to ramp up domestic defense production

by Pavlo Verkhniatskyi
Just a month after the U.S. Congress approved the much-awaited aid package for Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Kyiv with a clear message: Washington supports the embattled country despite political bickering and the ongoing election campaign. Blinken also announced a special military-industrial complex development and weapon export fund worth $2 billion, encouraging Ukraine to bolster its own defense capabilities. This move is timely for Kyiv, which seeks to reduce its r