Ukraine’s defense minister explained how the country buys weapons—after he was sacked
A sacked minister spent 90 minutes explaining how Ukraine buys shells. He told more than the ministry had published in six months.
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Ukraine contracted $8 billion in drones this year. In-stock ones reach units in nine days
It is twice the same period last year, with FPVs the largest share.
Ukraine is pushing to move all frontline logistics onto robots: It received 1,028 of them through its quick weapons marketplace
The push aims to take soldiers off the war's deadliest task, with robots running 343 missions a day in April.
Competition across six manufacturers saves Ukraine 16% on its largest-ever 155mm shell contract
Ukraine redirected money to tens of thousands more shells.
Ukraine doubled all of 2025’s interceptor drones in just four months, minister says
Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said the Defense Procurement Agency scaled deliveries through three parallel channels, including a weapons marketplace.
Ukraine has delivered 92% of last year’s fiber-optic drone total to Front in under four months
Ukraine's just solved the fiber-optic cable price problem.
Ukraine and NATO are building new kind of wartime procurement
The Alliance just baacked it financially.
Battlefield math is changing in Ukraine: Kyiv’s drone output surged 2.5-fold in 2025
Ukraine produced 3 million FPV drones in 2025, equivalent to one drone every 10 seconds.
Turmoil at Ukraine’s defense ministry as procurement chief resists ouster
She saved Ukraine billions on bullets. But now Maryna Bezrukova may lose her job for refusing to "play politics" with the war effort.