Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence codified and approved 1,526 new models of weapons and military equipment for use by the Defence Forces during the first eight months of 2026. Nearly 91% of them were Ukrainian-made.
During the same period in 2025, the Defence Ministry codified 983 models of weapons and military equipment, 86% of which were produced in Ukraine.
This year, the arsenal of Ukraine’s Defence Forces has been expanded with new unmanned aerial systems, including long-range deep-strike systems, high-tech middle-strike systems and high-speed interceptor drones.
The ministry also codified new models of armoured vehicles and specialised armoured vehicles, ammunition, communications equipment, electronic warfare and electronic intelligence systems, unmanned ground systems, vehicles for various purposes and other equipment.
Since the beginning of 2026, high-tech weapons and military equipment have accounted for the largest share of codified systems, with most of them produced in Ukraine.
Among the new and modernised systems codified and approved for use by Ukraine’s Defence Forces were:
- 565 Ukrainian unmanned aerial systems;
- 256 types of ammunition;
- 139 communications systems;
- 86 unmanned ground systems;
- 64 electronic warfare and electronic intelligence systems;
- 52 vehicles;
- 48 models of armoured and specialised armoured vehicles;
- 37 types of optical equipment.
All of these systems meet the requirements of modern high-intensity warfare.
In addition to advanced lethal weapons, the Defence Ministry approved a significant number of Ukrainian-made non-lethal systems and equipment required by military personnel to carry out missions both on the battlefield and in rear areas.
The Defence Forces have been authorised to use:
- 26 Ukrainian models of logistics equipment;
- 21 training systems;
- 19 engineering and mine-clearance systems;
- 10 types of equipment maintenance systems;
- three types of radiation, chemical and biological protection equipment.
One of the Ministry of Defence’s priorities is to provide the Ukrainian military with a technological advantage over the Russian forces. For this reason, advanced systems designed to meet the requirements of modern high-intensity warfare account for the majority of newly codified equipment.
