Kateryna Bondar

Fellow, Wadhwani AI Center
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Kateryna Bondar is a fellow with the Wadhwani AI Center at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Before joining CSIS, she was an adviser to the government of Ukraine, where she was responsible for implementation of reforms in defense, the financial sector, and innovation ecosystem development. From 2019–2020, she was a fellow of the Ukrainian Emerging Leaders Program at Stanford University. Prior to that, she was a senior project manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she managed technical assistance projects implemented in the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. From 2014–2018, Kateryna was a project manager in the National Reforms Council under the president of Ukraine and the Reform Support Team at the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine. Prior to working in the public sector, she held a position of financial control manager at Microsoft. She has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in international relations from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

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How and Why Ukraine’s Military Is Going Digital

Ukraine survived invasion by improvising its defense innovation ecosystem, but long-term resilience depends on balancing agility in adopting new tech with centralization to scale. Kateryna Bondar shows how digitization is key to bridging the two.

Report by Kateryna Bondar — October 6, 2025

How Ukraine’s Operation “Spider’s Web” Redefines Asymmetric Warfare

Kateryna Bondar unpacks Operation “Spider's Web”—a groundbreaking drone offensive that blends low-cost technology, precision targeting, and strategic planning to expose the vulnerabilities of powerful militaries and redefine the future of strategic warfare.

Critical Questions by Kateryna Bondar — June 2, 2025

The Truth of the Matter

Drones and AI on the Ukrainian Battlefield

Kateryna Bondar, fellow in the CSIS Wadhwani AI Center, joins the podcast to discuss how Ukraine is using AI-driven unmanned systems to reduce direct warfighter involvement while enhancing combat effectiveness.

Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Kateryna Bondar — April 2, 2025

CSIS the truth of the matter