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Since Russia mounted its full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly four years ago, the losses

for the country and its people have been enormous.

Nearly 14,000 civilians have died.

Fighting has led to hundreds of thousands of battlefield casualties. Russia now occupies

some 20% of Ukrainian territory. 3.7 million people are internally displaced, and nearly

7 million people have fled Ukraine because of the war. Consider this. Ukraine has suffered devastating losses because of the war with Russia,

but that conflict has inspired technological advances that are leading to better weapons

and better treatments for the soldiers injured in battle.

From NPR, I'm Juana Summers.

It's consider this from NPR.

NPR's national security correspondent Greg Myrie spent the summer reporting on the war in Ukraine. He saw the devastation of the conflict, but he also saw something else.

Ukraine leveraging its resources at home to meet the moment, including in Lviv, where they are racing to make as many of their own weapons as fast as they can.

The emerging arms industry here is on display at an odd place, an underground parking garage

beneath a gleaming new office building known as Lviv Tech City.

Conference organizers chose this secure space so the event couldn't be disrupted by one of Russia's frequent

air strikes.

We're Ukrainian company. We're building drones, all different kind of drones.

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