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EU Observer (14 May 2026)

Tomáš HRİVŇÁK

When entering the Kyiv startup Dwarf Engineering, our eyes are blindfolded before we can step inside. For security reasons, we are not allowed to see the employees’ faces. A few minutes later, we are led blind into a small room where people in balaclavas are assembling motherboards and other electronics into a small device for drones. The connected components finally end up in plastic boxes, which are being produced non-stop by four 3D printers in the corner.

Like hundreds of other Ukrainian companies, Dwarf is doing everything it can to speed up the spread of AI-enabled drones on the battlefield and so help defeat Russia.

Russia’s war against Ukraine has significantly changed the face of modern conflict. Instead of heavy equipment, drones now dominate.

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