Young guns of Ukraine’s war machine

Artem Moroz, 29, works with investors to help finance Ukrainian defence start-ups, at a defence industry conference in Kyiv. — Jedrzej Nowicki/The New York Times

THIS spring, a Ukrainian Defence Ministry employee was reviewing Denmark’s military aid commitments when she found a problem buried in the fine print.

Thousands of artillery shells earmarked for Ukraine were the wrong kind – short-range ammunition that would not enable guns to strike deep behind Russian lines.