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February 24, 2025

Ukrainian startup founders reflect on three years of war: 'We all have graves of people we were close with'

Ukraine’s founders and tech professionals show how to keep going after three years of war


Credit: Max Kukurudziak, Unsplash

Three years after Russia invaded Ukraine, with the prospect of a peace deal brokered by a hostile President Donald Trump looming, the country’s startup founders say they’re doing their best to keep up business as usual.

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

Anne Sraders

Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the VC industry and deeptech startups. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

Martin Coulter

Martin Coulter is Sifted's news editor, based in London. You can follow him on LinkedIn and X

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