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Entities from Ukraine

126 entities tracked across Lowdown briefings.

People

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Andrii SybihaUAUkrainian Foreign Minister since September 2024.
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BrovdiUACommander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces; confirmed the tracking and striking of corvette Boikyi at Kronstadt on 6 June 2026.
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Ihor KlymenkoUAUkraine's Interior Minister, floated to become Defence Minister in July 2026 before declining and taking the NSDC secretary post.
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Katarina MathernovaUAEU Ambassador to Ukraine since 2022; former Slovak diplomat.
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Kyrylo BudanovUAHead of Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR); expected Witkoff and Kushner to visit Kyiv post-Easter.
Kyrylo SazonovUAUkrainian soldier-analyst whose Telegram battlefield assessments shape informed readings of the war.
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Mykhailo FedorovUAUkraine's former Defence Minister, dismissed 15 July 2026; architect of Diia and the drone programme.
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Oleksandr SyrskyiUAUkraine's Commander-in-Chief; accused by his sacked Defence Minister of blocking ministry initiatives in July 2026.
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Rustem UmerovUAUkraine's Defence Minister; led Kyiv's delegation at Istanbul Rounds 1 and 2 in 2026.
Sergiy KyslytsyaUAUkraine's lead negotiator chosen to face Washington as ceasefire talks revived.
Serhii KoretskyiUANaftogaz CEO steering Ukraine's Druzhba pipeline repair bid with EU backing.
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Volodymyr ZelenskyyUAPresident of Ukraine; escalating deep strikes into Russia and Belarus as Putin summit hopes stall.
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Yevhen KhmaraUAActing head of Ukraine's SBU and former commander of its Alpha Special Operations Centre, assigned to perform the Defence Minister's duties in July 2026.
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Yulia SvyrydenkoUAUkrainian Prime Minister who resigned in July 2026 as part of a government-wide reshuffle.

Organisations

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Chornobyl MuseumUAKyiv museum documenting the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, holding primary artefacts and survivor testimonies.
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DeepStateUAUkrainian open-source territorial tracking project that maps front-line changes in near-real-time.
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Defense Drones Tech CorpUAUkrainian FPV drone manufacturer; returning Gauntlet Phase 1 winner competing for Pentagon's $1.1 billion drone procurement.
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EnergoatomUAUkraine's state nuclear energy generating company, operator of its four nuclear power plants and the recipient of the Urenco enriched-uranium supply deal.
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Euromaidan PressUAUkrainian English-language news outlet covering the Russia-Ukraine war; source on Gerasimov false claims.
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External Radiation Control LaboratoryUAZNPP off-site radiation monitoring facility 4 km from the plant; first-alert sensor layer destroyed by drone on 3 May 2026.
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Fire PointUAUkrainian defence consortium making the Flamingo 3,000km cruise missile and drone systems.
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First VPNUAFirst VPN was a criminal anonymisation service operating since 2014 and used by at least 25 ransomware gangs including Phobos and Avaddon; seized by Europol in Operation Saffron on 21 May 2026.
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General CherryUAUkrainian interceptor drone maker; advanced to Pentagon's Gauntlet II finals; Gulf exports still suspended.
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KSE InstituteUAKyiv-based think tank publishing the Russian Oil Tracker and Shadow Fleet monthly data since 2022.
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Kyiv IndependentUAUkrainian English-language outlet that broke from the Kyiv Post in 2021.
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Kyiv PostUAEnglish-language Ukrainian newspaper based in Kyiv; key source on Ukraine's energy strike campaign.
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MirasvitUAMirasvit is a Magento extension vendor whose Full Page Cache Warmer module contained the PHP object-injection flaw CVE-2026-45247.
NaftogazUAUkraine's state oil and gas company, now managing Druzhba pipeline repairs for the EU.
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National Anti-Corruption Bureau of UkraineUAUkraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau; investigating Fire Point, the Flamingo missile manufacturer, as of April 2026.
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National Art MuseumUAKyiv's 40,000-work national art collection; closed indefinitely after Russian missile blast on 24 May 2026.
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Oleksandr Dovzhenko Film StudiosUAUkraine national film studio in Kyiv, founded 1928, whose costume archive was destroyed in the 14-15 June 2026 Russian barrage.
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Omega Special Purpose CenterUAUkrainian National Guard special-operations unit developing uncrewed naval and diving systems
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RoboneersUAUkrainian defence-tech firm making the ShaBlya weapon station and Rys ground robots.
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RubikonUAA Russian military drone technology centre based in Starobilsk, Luhansk Oblast, struck by Ukraine in May 2026.
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Security Service of UkraineUAUkraine's primary domestic intelligence and counter-intelligence agency; runs special operations.
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SkyetonUAUkrainian drone manufacturer and maker of the Raybird surveillance platform, bidding for the UK's Project Corvus Watchkeeper replacement contract with a Plymouth production line.
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SkyFallUAUkraine's largest FPV drone maker; Shrike 10 Fiber scored 99.3/100 at Pentagon's Gauntlet; exports now suspended
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SpetstechnoexportUAUkraine's state arms export agency under Ukroboronprom; co-developer of next-gen unmanned systems.
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SSU AlphaUAElite special-operations unit of Ukraine's Security Service; conducted the April 2026 Samara dispatch station strike.
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State Service for Export ControlUAUkrainian government agency controlling defence exports; suspended drone sales to Gulf in April 2026.
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TAF IndustriesUAUkrainian drone maker producing cut-price interceptors now drawing Gulf state export orders.
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The Fourth LawUAUkrainian AI and computer-vision firm making autonomous drone guidance modules; partnering in Lithuania's Build with Ukraine factory.
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Ukrainian General StaffUAUkraine's supreme military command; publishes daily combat and casualty data that is the primary official record of the war.
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UkrspecsystemsUAUkrainian drone manufacturer operating first unmanned aircraft factory on NATO soil.
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United24 MediaUAUkrainian media initiative covering Ukraine's defence efforts and battlefield technology.
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Verkhovna RadaUAUkraine's unicameral parliament, based in Kyiv.
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Wild HornetsUAUkrainian drone manufacturer; Sting interceptor at $2,100–$2,500/unit, blocked by export ban

Nations & Places

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ArmyanskUANorthern Crimea city; became the main reroute point after Ukraine severed the Chonhar Bridge supply corridor.
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AzovstalUAMariupol steelworks where Ukrainian forces made their last stand in 2022; source of prisoners returned in 2026.
Bernardine monasteryUA16th-century monastery complex in Lviv, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Bila TserkvaUAA Ukrainian city of approximately 200,000 in Kyiv Oblast, 80 km south of the capital.
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BuchaUAUkrainian suburb of Kyiv; site of the 2022 massacre of over 400 civilians.
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CherkasyUAUkrainian city on the Dnipro river; targeted in post-Easter drone barrage.
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Chonhar BridgeUARoad bridge across the Chonhar strait connecting mainland Ukraine to Crimea; one of Russia's key supply routes to the occupied peninsula.
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ChornobylUADecommissioned Ukrainian nuclear plant; its spent-fuel building was struck by a Russian Shahed drone on 7 June 2026.
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CrimeaUAUkrainian peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014; internationally disputed.
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DniproUAUkraine's fourth-largest city; sits near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant; repeatedly struck by Russian barrages.
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Dnipro Hydroelectric DamUASoviet-era hydroelectric dam on the Dnipro river at Zaporizhzhia; its road-rail bridges were glide-bombed on 20-21 June 2026, severing east-bank Russian logistics.
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Dnipropetrovsk OblastUACentral-eastern Ukrainian oblast; threatened by Russian advance west from Pokrovsk toward Dobropillia.
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DobropilliaUATown and sector in western Donetsk Oblast; identified by Meduza in June 2026 as Russia's new operational pressure axis, a route that would bypass Kramatorsk from the west if successfully exploited.
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DonbasUAEastern Ukraine industrial region; Russia's primary territorial objective since 2014 and the core dispute blocking any ceasefire.
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DonetskUAMajor eastern Ukrainian city; under Russian control since 2014, centre of the Donbas war.
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Donetsk OblastUAUkrainian oblast; partially occupied, primary land battlefield of the war since 2022.
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Dormition CathedralUAEleventh-century cathedral at the heart of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra; set ablaze during Russia's 14-15 June barrage and later extinguished.
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DruzhkivkaUAIndustrial city in northern Donetsk Oblast; part of Ukraine's Fortress Belt defensive zone.
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EnerhodarUAUkrainian city in Zaporizhzhia Oblast; location of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
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HenicheskUAHenichesk is a port town in Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast on the north shore of the Azov Sea whose road bridge was reduced to a single lane by June 2026, constraining Russian east-bank logistics.
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HryshyneUASettlement north-west of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast; seized by Russian forces in March 2026.
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HuliaipoleUAFront-line Zaporizhzhia town where Russia concentrated its highest offensive intensity in March 2026.
Ivano-FrankivskUACity in western Ukraine, administrative centre of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.
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Kerch StraitUANarrow strait between Crimea and Russia; critical logistics artery for the Russian occupation now under Ukrainian drone pressure.
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KhersonUASouthern Ukrainian oblast partly occupied by Russia; site of Ukraine's 2022 Dnipro crossing counteroffensive and one of four regions Moscow demands Kyiv cede.
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KostiantynivkaUAFortified Donetsk city on the M32 highway; last position before Kramatorsk after Russian infiltration with AI-faked footage in June 2026.
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KotlynneUADonetsk settlement; Russian advance recorded by ISW on 8 April 2026 alongside Pishchane and Novopavlivka.
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KramatorskUAIndustrial city in eastern Donetsk Oblast; anchor of Ukraine's eastern defensive line alongside Sloviansk.
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Kryva LukaUASettlement east of Sloviansk; Russian 3rd Army elements stalled here since 22 March 2026.
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Kryvyi RihUAKryvyi Rih is a city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine; it is the home city of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and was struck by a Russian Iskander ballistic missile on 23 June 2026, killing three people.
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KyivUACapital of Ukraine; opened EU accession talks in June under sustained Russian bombardment.
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Kyiv-Pechersk LavraUAOrthodox monastery complex in Kyiv founded in 1051, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list and regarded as the spiritual centre of Ukrainian Orthodoxy.
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LuhanskUALuhansk Oblast capital; occupied by Russia since 2022, site of struck Rubikon drone HQ.
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Luhansk OblastUAEastern Ukrainian oblast; over 99% Russian-controlled since 2022, formally annexed by Russia.
LvivUALargest city in western Ukraine and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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LymanUAUkrainian-controlled city in Donetsk Oblast; centre of Russia's false Luhansk occupation claims.
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LypivkaUAUkrainian settlement in Donetsk Oblast seized by Russian forces in early June 2026 during the push toward Slovyansk.
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MariupolUAUkrainian port city occupied by Russia since May 2022; key symbol in prisoner exchange and ceasefire talks.
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MayakUAUkrainian production facility named by Russia as one of the targets in its 14-15 June strike, alleged to build the Flamingo cruise missile.
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NovopavlivkaUAUkrainian settlement near Pokrovsk axis; Russian advance recorded by ISW on 8 April 2026.
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NovoyehorivkaUAContested settlement in Luhansk Oblast named in Ukraine's rebuttal of Russia's false occupation claim.
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OdesaUAUkraine's largest Black Sea port city; repeatedly struck by Russian drones throughout the war.
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OrikhivUAFront-line Zaporizhzhia town; target of Russia's planned spring offensive disrupted by Ukraine's counterattack.
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PishchaneUADonetsk frontline village; ISW recorded Russian advance near Pishchane in its 8 April 2026 assessment.
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PokrovskUADonetsk Oblast road and rail junction city; fell to Russia in December 2025.
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PoltavaUACentral Ukrainian city 350km from the front; struck in Russia's record 948-drone barrage.
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Saky airbaseUARussian naval-aviation airbase in occupied Crimea, a recurring target of Ukrainian long-range strikes.
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Siverskyi Donets-Donbas canalUAUkrainian canal in Donetsk Oblast; reached by Russian forces during the Slovyansk push in early June 2026.
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SlovianskUANorthern anchor city of Ukraine's Donetsk fortress belt, paired with Kramatorsk.
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SnizhneUAA city in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine.
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StarobilskUAA city in Russian-occupied Luhansk Oblast, eastern Ukraine.
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SumyUACity in northeastern Ukraine, capital of Sumy Oblast, located roughly 50 km from the Russian border and targeted in Russia's 2026 buffer zone offensive.
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T-22-09 corridorUARoad supply corridor Russia opened in 2022 through occupied Ukrainian territory to bypass the Kerch Strait Bridge.
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UkraineUAEastern European country under Russian full-scale invasion since February 2022.
VinnytsiaUACity in central Ukraine, administrative centre of Vinnytsia Oblast.
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ZakitneUASettlement east of Sloviansk; Russian 3rd Army stalled since 22 March 2026, per ISW.
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ZaporizhzhiaUAUkrainian city on the Dnipro; site of ZNPP, Europe's largest nuclear plant, struck May 2026.
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Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power PlantUAEurope's largest nuclear plant; Russian-occupied, on emergency backup power since March 2026.

Armed Groups

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Code 9.2UAUkrainian drone operations unit credited with striking the Chonhar Bridge on 7 June 2026.
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Ukrainian Armed ForcesUAUkraine's national military; all branches including army, navy, air force, and drone forces.
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Unmanned Systems ForcesUAUkraine's dedicated drone-warfare branch; struck the Baltic Fleet at Kronstadt in June 2026.

Legislation

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Ukraine weapons export ban (2022)UAPolicy restricting Ukrainian weapons exports. Officials are now discussing state-regulated export market; National Security and Defence Council to determine permissible sales.

Concepts

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Ferosplavna-1UAThe 330 kV backup feeder line to ZNPP; damaged 1.8 km from the switchyard; sole functional line in April 2026.
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Intergovernmental ConferenceUAAn Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) is the formal treaty-negotiating body through which EU candidate countries negotiate the terms of accession; Ukraine's IGC was opened by EU Council conclusions on 18 June 2026.
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MLRSUAMultiple-launch rocket system; a wheeled or tracked vehicle firing salvos of unguided rockets.

Events

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Zaporizhzhia counteroffensiveUAUkraine's 2026 southern push; 460 sq km reclaimed, first net territorial gain since 2023.

Products

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Druzhba pipelineUASoviet-era oil pipeline damaged by Russian drone in January 2026; Hungary weaponised the shutdown to block €90 billion in EU aid to Ukraine.
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Konyk OneUATrinity Robotics 460kg logistics and casualty-evacuation UGV with a 300kg payload.
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Magura V5UAUkrainian autonomous naval drone that struck Russian ships in the Black Sea and Mediterranean.
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Rys ProUAModular Ukrainian-German uncrewed ground vehicle for evacuation, resupply, mine-laying and combat.
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Shrike 10 FiberUASkyFall's fibre-optic FPV drone; scored 99.3/100 in the Pentagon's Drone Dominance Gauntlet.
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Ukrainian interceptor droneUAUkrainian air defence drone; under $2,000 per kill, 30% of air defence kills in 2026.

Technology

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Dniprovska 750 kV lineUA750 kV main feeder connecting ZNPP to Ukraine's national grid; disconnected 70+ days as of late May 2026.
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Ferosplavna-1 330 kV lineUAZNPP's sole remaining backup power line; reconnected 5 March under the fifth IAEA ceasefire; sole feed as of 10 April 2026.
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FP-1UAUkrainian long-range attack drone; struck YANOS refinery at ~1,100 km range in 2026.
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FP-5 FlamingoUAUkrainian cruise missile; 3,000 km range, 1,150 kg warhead, struck Samara Oblast March 2026.
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RaybirdUAUkrainian-designed fixed-wing drone manufactured by Skyeton/Prevail, bidding for the UK's Project Corvus Watchkeeper replacement contract.
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Sea BabyUAUkrainian SBU-operated uncrewed surface vessel used repeatedly against Russian naval and shadow-fleet targets.
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UGVUAUnmanned ground vehicle: a crewless robotic platform able to carry weapons systems remotely.