Ukraine's Defence Procurement Agency
Ukrainian state agency that contracts weapons for the Defence Ministry.
Ukraine's Defence Ministry said on 11 October 2026 that its procurement agency had contracted 5.5 times as many drones as a year earlier while deliveries rose almost 3.7 times, without publishing unit counts.
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Ukraine's drone contracts rose 5.5 times but deliveries 3.7; where is the gap?
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On 11 October 2026 Ukraine's Ministry of Defence said the state procurement agency had contracted 5.5 times as many drones as in the same period of 2025, while deliveries rose almost 3.7 times. It published no unit counts, so the ratios suggest that deliveries trail orders without showing by how much.
The agency buys weapons and military equipment for the Defence Ministry and is overseen by a supervisory board. Artem Romaniukov, previously its director of development, has been acting director since 1 September 2026, after Arsen Zhumadilov stepped down; a competitive selection for a permanent head is due to finish by the end of 2026. In the first half of 2026 it signed 19 contracts worth about 11bn hryvnias (about $250m) for ground robots.
The gap between contracts and deliveries is the measure to watch as Ukraine scales interceptor and robot purchases.
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Written with AI from Lowdown's published reporting. Not individually reviewed by an editor. Updated 26 October 2026. Editorial standards.