Brave1

Ukrainian program to develop weapons

Brave1

Founded| 26 April 2023; 2 years ago (2023-04-26)
Website| https://brave1.gov.ua

Brave1 is a Government of Ukraine platform to bring together innovative companies with ideas and developments that can be used in the defense of Ukraine, launched on 26 April 2023.[1] It was founded by the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Ministry of Strategic Industries of Ukraine, and Ministry of Economy of Ukraine.

## Funding

[edit]

Initial funding of 100 million hryvnias (about $2.7 million) was provided at launch.[1] The budget for 2024 is 1.5 billion hryvnias ($39 million).[2]

## Objective and method of operation

[edit]

Brave1 plans to bring experts together who can turn ideas and prototypes into workable weapons that can be used by the armed force of Ukraine within weeks, rather than months or years. The Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Strategic Industries, Ministry of Economy, the National Security and Defense Council, the General Staff of the Armed Forces, and the Ministry of Digital Transformation are all involved in Brave1, with ideas being considered by all interested parties who then allocate a priority rating to the idea, top priority gives immediate fast track to certification.[3]

Brave1 is led by COO Nataliya Kushnerska and links inventors with designers, scientists, manufacturers and key military personnel.

Lines of work include:[4]

* Platform – Uniting industry stakeholders in one place
* Investment – Providing grants to developers prioritized for security and defense needs
* Inventing – Looking for effective solutions to problems determined by security and defense forces
* Showcasing – Providing innovators with maximum exposure to the military
* Boosting – Supporting priority projects

### Platform effectiveness

[edit]

15 projects had received funding by August 2023 with another 15 about to receive funding, each receiving around $15–20,000 out of around 200 projects that had received military testing.[5]

In September 2023 Brave1 made a presentation at the first International Forum of Defense Industries (DFNC1) held in Kyiv, attended by 252 companies from 30 countries and held a panel discussion moderated by the COO of Brave1.[6]

By October 2023, 57 projects covering areas such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) or drones, Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV), Uncrewed Underwater Vehicles (UUV) and Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USV) being robotic systems, situational awareness centers, artificial intelligence, cyber security, communication systems and satellite data have received funding of $1m through Brave1. 294 projects have been given priority status and around 1,000 companies are connected to the platform including designers, manufacturers and finance companies.[7][8] November 2023 saw totals rise to 780 applications with 420 approvals and 84 grants worth $1.53 million given.[2] December saw applications rise to 877, total grants rise to 135 with funds given amounting to $2.35m.[9]

## Innovative technology accredited to Brave1

[edit]

### Electronic warfare (EW)

[edit]

Main article: Ukraine and electronic warfare

* Himera Tech has designed and tested, on the battle field, jam-resistant personal radio handsets using an encryption system, controlled using a mobile phone app.[10][11]
* Power Kit makes power packs to recharge electronic gear used by soldiers using discarded electronic cigarettes.[10]
* ETER is a small, mobile mix of electronic detection systems designed to both identify enemy signals and give the direction of those enemy signals, allowing knowledge of the location of enemy electronic warfare transmitters and the launch location of drones.[12][13]
* A system named Griselda aimed at collecting chaotic intelligence information, then processing, enriching, analysing and transmitting the resulting intelligent information, using AI technology.[14]
* Piranha AVD 360 is an electronic system designed to protect armoured vehicles from drone attack by creating an area up to 600m from the small device, within which drones cannot receive command signals with satellite navigation systems also disrupted.[15]
* A UAV drone detector has been developed by Kseonics Technology that detects the frequency of drones.[16]
* AD Counter FPV system is a portable 3 kg backpack that produces white noise within a frequency range to block control of FPV (first person view) drones with a 250m radius when the drone operator is 3 km away.[17]

### Equipment

[edit]

* The development of an “invisibility cloak” is helping front line soldiers, especially snipers and special services. The cloak, whilst being camouflaged and waterproof, has an ability to block heat radiation, making the person invisible to thermal imaging.[18]
* Armoured wheels designed for light vehicle tyres, an insert that will allow the vehicle to be driven, after the wheel is damaged or tyre punctured by turning the tyre into a run-flat.[19]

### Health

[edit]

* Anima software designers have created a package to assist the diagnosis of depression, anxiety and stress using a camera monitoring eye movement to detect reaction as pictures are shown to the patient.[10]

### Security and intelligence

[edit]

* A platform for collating open source intelligence (OSINT) has been created called Kolossal by DeepstateUA, to collect and process very large amounts of OSINT data and turn it into simple and understandable information.[20]

### Situational awareness

[edit]

* The FSV Platform, developed by Brave1 member Farsight Vision, uses AI to generate high-precision 2D and 3D terrain models from UAV imagery in GPS-denied environments. The system supports integration with platforms like Delta and Kropyva [uk], and includes tools for photogrammetry, navigation, and VR-based terrain exploration.[21][22]

### Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)

[edit]

Building on the work already undertaken by United24 in raising funds for supplying drones to the Army of Drones, Brave1 seeks to manufacture drones in Ukraine suitable for front line usage.

* The Saker UAV Scout drone can use artificial intelligence (AI) target detection, including camouflage, with automatic transmission of target coordination, working in areas where Russian electronic warfare defense blocks normal drones. It was approved in September 2023.[23][24]
* Airlogix drones for surveillance with autonomous mode and encrypted communications with protection against signal interference.[25][26]
* Mini Shark reconnaissance UAV drone produced by Ukrspecsystems with a 2-hour flight and 35 km radius of operation, used for target detection using a 10x zoom optical-electronic camera.[27]
* Sirko reconnaissance UAV by Skyassist, with a range of 65 km and the ability to stream videos at 25 km from the operator helps locate and then correct fire onto targets. Sirko-2 has an increased range of 140 km providing remote fire correction.[28]
* A drone mine detector, ST-1 autonomously searches for mines and works, on average, four times faster than a human. With a sensor to avoid objects and allow the drone to fly at very low levels.[29]
* Backfire attack drone, designed to be highly resistant to Russian electronic warfare efforts with a range of 35 km. Used 50 times successfully under battlefield conditions to attack artillery, command centres and ammunition dumps as a test, which it passed and is in mass production mode.[30]
* Yaschyr land mine drone, operational range 3 km, designed to deliver surface mines.[31]

### Unmanned ground vehicles (UGV)

[edit]

* The THeMIS by Milrem Robotics, an unmanned ground evacuation vehicle is designed to collect a casualty from a forward position where a normal ambulance could risk the crew the tracked vehicle is controlled remotely.[32]
* One of the first idea applications, the Liut, an armoured wheeled robot is controlled remotely, it is capable of manoeuvring and has an automatic targeting system and 360 degree camera. It can fire its mounted tank machine gun at the enemy before being returned to the controller, meaning that the operator is capable of inflicting damage from a relatively safe distance. It was given priority and within two months the first working models were being tested on the front line.[3]
* Temerland is trialing an “iron caterpillar” that uses a robotic vehicle with a cheap disposable mine activation roller as a form of all terrain mine activator.[33]
* Ratel S (or honey badger) was designed to allow an accurate strike to be made from a safe distance. A small fast wheeled robot that carries an anti-tank mine or bomb and can be directed against a fortification or enemy vehicle up to 6 km away and detonated remotely.[34] The vehicle can also be used to transport 100 kg of ammunition to front lines, it has a top speed of 24kph and climbs over 25 cm high obstacles.[35] On 2 April 2024 Ukrainian forces claimed to have blown up a bridge in Ivanivske (near Bakhmut), that the Russians were using for logistics, using a Ratel S.[36]
* SkyLabUA built the Sirko-S robot which has universal uses and can be remotely controlled to transport 200 kg of supplies to the front line and return with a wounded man, if necessary. Fitted with thermal cameras to assist night time movement, the vehicle costs around $8,000 to make.[37]
* D-21-11 universal ground robot capable of carrying detachable cargo units.[38]
* D-11 static ground robot using D-21-11 base with a machine gun turret.[13]
* Volta-E cargo delivery vehicle, 90cmx110cmx40cm, can carry 300 kg but recommended for 100–150 kg and can move 12 km on one charge. Radio controlled crawler.[31]
* Partner-VS crawler de-miner, designed to take a lineal de-mining charge through a minefield, with the line then exploded to clear a path.[31]

### Unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV)

[edit]

* A maritime drone, called the Toloka TLK-150 is a small robotic submarine, 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) long with twin thrusters mounted on wing-like stabilizers designed as a one direction drone, already in prototype form in May 2023, it is now in operation fitted with a High-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead. Capable of a range around 100 km and a payload of 20–50 kg, the drone which travels just below the surface, can be a suicide weapon or intelligence gathering drone.[39][40][41]
* Plans for the Toloka TLK-400, which is longer at 4–6 m (13–20 ft) still with 2 thrusters and a 700+ mile range and payload of 1,100 pounds.[42][41]
* The Toloka TLK-1000 is planned at 4–12 m (13–39 ft) with 4 thrusters and a range of 1200+ miles with a payload of 11,000 pounds.[42][39][41]

### Weapons

[edit]

* Developed by devDroid, the weapon comprises a remotely controlled turret TGP that uses AI for enemy detection and engagement. When placed in a trench, the system will wait, then identify, track and engage an enemy by raising itself up, before retracting below visible levels. The droid is trained to recognise enemies and has a remote operator who is not needed to control the fight.[43]
* ShaBlya by Roboneers, is a remotely controlled fire complex designed to install on UGV vehicles and objects, such as forward sentry positions and is controlled remotely.[44]

## References

[edit]

1. ^ a b "Ukraine launches 'BRAVE1′ tech cluster to boost military capability". www.c4isrnet.com. 26 April 2023.
2. ^ a b "Ukraine's Defense Tech Cluster BRAVE1 Plans to Invest $39M in Startups in 2024". techukraine.org. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
3. ^ a b "Ukraine's deputy minister of digital transformation on building a military tech sector from scratch". therecord.media. 26 October 2023.
4. ^ "Ukrainian Startup Ecosystem Joins Forces with the Military on BRAVE1 Platform". itkey.media. 15 June 2023.
5. ^ "BRAVE1 defense technology development cluster awarded $225,000 in grants". ain.capital. 14 August 2023.
6. ^ "BRAVE1 Newsletter #4". www.linkedin.com. 23 October 2023.
7. ^ "Who finances military developments in Ukraine, and which directions are priorities?". ubn.news. 18 October 2023.
8. ^ "Уже профинансированы проекты на $1,2 млн, дальше – больше. Как работает оборонный кластер Brave1". mc.today. 20 October 2023.
9. ^ "The defense technology cluster Brave1 has funded 135 developments with $2.3 million". 22 December 2023.
10. ^ a b c "From Robots to Recycled Vapes, Ukraine's War Effort Gets Inventive". 10 August 2023.
11. ^ "Ukrainians invent radio that cannot be jammed by Russian electronic warfare". /www.pravda.com.ua. 10 October 2023.
12. ^ "Jamming wars, part 5: Kyiv deploys newly developed ETER electronic warfare system". www.intelligenceonline.com. 1 November 2023.
13. ^ a b "Ukraine is testing the D-21-11 unmanned ground platform". 5 January 2024.
14. ^ "Griselda". www.griselda.com.ua. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
15. ^ "Ukraine develops Piranha jammer to defend its armored vehicles". defence-blog.com. 2 November 2023.
16. ^ "Notifies about the approach of an enemy UAV: Ukrainian inventors have created a detector drone". www-ukrinform-ua.translate.goog. 23 May 2023.
17. ^ "Brave1 Cluster Developers Created the AD Counter FPV System Against russian FPV Drones". en.defence-ua.com. 23 January 2024.
18. ^ "Brave1 developers have created "invisibility cloak" for Ukrainian military". global.espreso.tv. 4 October 2023.
19. ^ "Ukraine developed "armoured wheels" for army's pickup trucks —". news.online.ua. 30 December 2023.
20. ^ "Kolossal platform is created for OSINT intelligence". hitechexpert.top. 7 December 2023.
21. ^ Shumlianskyi, Dmytro (2025-05-16). "Ukrainian company creates technology for building 2D and 3D terrain maps". Militarnyi. Retrieved 2025-07-11.
22. ^ "Farsight Vision — цифрові двійники для розвідки та планування операцій" (in Ukrainian). Brave1. Retrieved 2025-07-11.
23. ^ "Saker". Retrieved 10 November 2023.
24. ^ "Ukraine approves artifiicial intelligence-enabled Saker drone for use in combat". www.shephardmedia.com. 8 September 2023.
25. ^ "AIRLOGIX PROJECT GOR". airlogix.io. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
26. ^ "Exclusive: Inside Ukraine's secret drone factories". 23 October 2023.
27. ^ "Ukrspecsystems Unveils the Mini Shark: a Cutting-Edge UAV for Reconnaissance and Target Detection". 27 April 2023.
28. ^ "About us". Retrieved 10 November 2023.
29. ^ "Ukraine conflict: Ukraine develops unmanned mine detector". 27 October 2023.
30. ^ "Ukrainian Defence Ministry's commission approves Backfire drone resistant to Russian electronic warfare". 20 November 2023.
31. ^ a b c "How a Robot Army Will Change Military Operations: Seven Developments Already Working or Coming Soon to the Front Line". 25 January 2024.
32. ^ "The THeMIS UGV". Retrieved 10 November 2023.
33. ^ ""Iron Caterpillar" affordable unmanned mine-clearing system being developed in Ukraine". 16 September 2023.
34. ^ "Ukraine develops new type of kamikaze robots". 24 October 2023.
35. ^ "Ukraine deploys mine-hauling ground drone against Russia". 25 October 2023.
36. ^ "Ukraine's forces destroy bridge with Ratel S ground drone on Bakhmut front – video". Ukrainska Pravda. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
37. ^ "Ukrainian UGV Sirko-S1 Shows Up on Battlefield, the Development is in Testing Phase". 10 November 2023.
38. ^ "Brave1 Cluster Unveils the D-21-11 Robot Able to Perform Various Tasks". 5 January 2024.
39. ^ a b "Ukrainian Toloka TLK-150: looks like a missile, acts like one, but swims underwater". 15 May 2023.
40. ^ "How Ukraine's naval drones are suppressing Russian navy". 14 August 2023.
41. ^ a b c "Black Sea Drone War: How a Country with No Warships Has Russia's Navy on the Run". 19 October 2023.
42. ^ a b Sutton, HI (10 May 2023). "Innovative Submarine Drone Is Ukraine's New Weapon Against Russian Navy". Naval News. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
43. ^ "Ukrainian company devDroid develops AI-controlled turret for trench defense". 4 September 2023.
44. ^ "SHABLYA". roboneers.net. Retrieved 7 December 2023.

## External links

[edit]

* Official website

* v
* t
* e

Ukraine articles

History|

| Chronology|

* Scythians
* Sarmatians
* Goths
* Early Slavs
* East Slavs
* Kuyaba
* Kievan Rus'
* Principality of Kiev
* Mongol invasion
* Galicia–Volhynia
* Grand Duchy of Lithuania
* Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
* Kiev Voivodeship
* Zaporozhian Cossacks
* Sich
* Hetmanate
* Pereiaslav Agreement
* Russian Empire
* Galicia
* Revolution and War of Independence
* Ukrainian People's Republic
* Ukrainian State
* West Ukrainian People's Republic
* Makhnovshchina
* Reichskommissariat Ukraine
* Ukrainian National Committee
* Ukrainian SSR
* Holodomor
* Eastern Front (World War II)
* Volhynia massacre
* Chernobyl disaster
* Independence
* Orange Revolution
* Euromaidan
* Revolution of Dignity
* Russo-Ukrainian War
* Outline
* 2014 pro-Russian unrest
* Annexation of Crimea by Russia
* War in Donbas
* 2022 Russian invasion

|

By topic|

* Christianity
* Economic
* Military

Geography|

* National parks
* Biosphere reserves
* Seven Natural Wonders of Ukraine
* Nature reserves
* Populated places
* Cities
* Rivers
* Mountains
* Waterfalls
* Islands and sandbars
* World Heritage Sites
* Wildlife

Politics|

* Administrative divisions
* Constitution
* Flag
* President
* Parliament
* Government
* Foreign relations
* Military
* Political parties
* Elections
* Judiciary
* Law
* Law enforcement
* Ukraine–European Union relations
* Ukraine–NATO relations

Economy|

* Hryvnia (currency)
* Banking
* Stock exchanges
* Energy
* Electricity
* Science and technology
* Telecommunications
* Tourism
* Transport

Society|

* Education
* Corruption
* Gender inequality
* Health
* Abortion
* HIV/AIDS
* Swine flu pandemic (2009–10)
* COVID-19 pandemic
* Crime and suicide
* Human rights
* Freedom of the press
* LGBT
* Human trafficking
* Languages
* Minorities
* Prostitution
* Religion

Culture|

* Animation
* Architecture
* Kievan Rus'
* Baroque
* Art Nouveau
* Arts
* Icon painting
* Cinema
* Crafts
* Motanka
* Kosiv ceramics
* Petrykivka painting
* Pysanka
* Rushnyk
* Cuisine
* Borscht
* Wine
* Dance
* Dress
* Kobeniak
* Kozhukh/Kozhushanka
* Ochipok
* Sharovary
* Vyshyvanka
* Wreath
* Folklore
* Kazka
* Holidays
* New Year
* Day of Unity
* Butter Week
* Easter
* Green Week
* Kupala Night
* Independence Day
* Pokrova/Defenders Day
* Saint Nicholas Day
* Christmas
* Malanka
* Intangible Cultural Heritage
* Literature
* Media
* Music
* Bandura
* Duma/Dumka
* Kobzar
* Koliadka
* Shchedrivka
* Opera
* Photography
* Sport

Demographics|

* Ukrainian people
* Rus' people
* Ruthenians
* Gente Ruthenus, natione Polonus
* Diaspora
* Refugees
* Immigration to Ukraine
* Censuses
* Women

* Outline

* Category
* Portal

* v
* t
* e

Russian invasion of Ukraine

Part of the Russo-Ukrainian War

Overview

General|

* Outline
* Timeline
* Prelude
* Feb–Apr 2022
* Apr–Aug 2022
* Aug–Nov 2022
* Nov 2022 – Jun 2023
* Jun–Aug 2023
* Sep–Nov 2023
* Dec 2023 – Mar 2024
* Apr–Jul 2024
* Aug–Dec 2024
* Jan–May 2025
* Jun 2025 – present
* Aerial warfare
* Defense lines
* Foreign fighters
* Information war
* Naval warfare
* Legality
* Map
* Order of battle
* Peace negotiations
* Ukraine's Peace Formula
* China peace proposal
* June 2024 peace summit
* Proposed no-fly zone
* Red lines
* Reparations
* Territorial control

Prelude|

* Reactions
* Disinformation
* Ukraine bioweapons conspiracy theory
* Ukraine and weapons of mass destruction
* 2021 Russia–United States summit
* 2021 Black Sea incident
* Belarus–European Union border crisis
* "On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians"
* Crimea Platform
* Zapad 2021
* December 2021 ultimatum
* 2022 Ukraine cyberattacks
* Zametil 2022
* Union Resolve 2022
* Stanytsia Luhanska kindergarten bombing
* British–Polish–Ukrainian trilateral pact
* Evacuation of the Donetsk PR and Luhansk PR
* Mobilization in Donetsk PR and Luhansk PR
* "Address concerning the events in Ukraine"
* "On conducting a special military operation"

Background|

* Dissolution of the Soviet Union
* 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
* Annexation of Crimea
* reactions
* War in Donbas
* 2022 timeline
* Minsk agreements
* humanitarian situation
* international recognition of the Donetsk PR and Luhansk PR
* Putinism
* Foundations of Geopolitics
* Novorossiya
* Ruscism
* Russian irredentism
* Russian imperialism

Foreign
relations|

* Russia–Ukraine
* Belarus–Ukraine
* Belarus–Russia
* Russia–United States
* Ukraine–United States
* Russia–NATO
* Ukraine–NATO
* enlargement of NATO
* eastward expansion controversy
* open door policy

Military engagements

Southern
Ukraine|

* Snake Island campaign
* Siege of Mariupol
* Battle of Kherson
* Capture of Melitopol
* Battle of Mykolaiv
* Battle of Enerhodar
* Battle of Voznesensk
* Kherson counteroffensive
* Liberation of Kherson
* Dnieper campaign
* Destruction of the Kakhovka Dam

Eastern
Ukraine|

* Battle of Volnovakha
* Battle of Kharkiv
* Battle of Izium
* Battle of Rubizhne
* Battle of Popasna
* Battle of Marinka
* Battle of Donbas
* Battle of the Siverskyi Donets
* Battle of Sievierodonetsk
* Battle of Lysychansk
* Battle of Pisky
* Battle of Bakhmut
* Battle of Soledar
* Battle of Vuhledar
* Kharkiv counteroffensive
* Battle of Lyman (September–October 2022)
* Luhansk Oblast campaign
* Kupiansk
* Northeast Donetsk
* Battle of Avdiivka
* Battle of Chasiv Yar
* Battle of Krasnohorivka
* Battle of Ocheretyne
* Battle of Toretsk
* Pokrovsk offensive
* Battle of Kurakhove
* Dobropillia offensive

Northern
Ukraine|

* Capture of Chernobyl
* Russian Kyiv convoy
* Battle of Kyiv
* Battle of Antonov Airport
* Battle of Hostomel
* Battle of Bucha
* Battle of Irpin
* Battle of Makariv
* Battle of Moshchun
* Destruction of the Kozarovychi Dam
* Battle of Brovary
* Battle of Slavutych
* Battle of Sumy
* Siege of Chernihiv
* Northeastern border skirmishes
* 2025 Sumy offensive

Russia|

* Bryansk Oblast raid
* Kremlin drone attack
* Moscow drone strikes
* 2023 Belgorod Oblast incursions
* 30 December 2023 Belgorod shelling
* February 2024 Belgorod missile strike
* May 2024 Belgorod missile strike
* March 2024 western Russia incursion
* Kursk campaign
* occupation
* Battles for Olgovskiy Forest
* Toropets depot explosions

Airstrikes
by city|

* Chernihiv strikes
* Dnipro strikes
* Huliaipole strikes
* Ivano-Frankivsk strikes
* Kharkiv strikes
* Kherson strikes
* Khmelnytskyi strikes
* Kryvyi Rih strikes
* Kyiv strikes
* Lviv strikes
* Mykolaiv strikes
* Odesa strikes
* Rivne strikes
* Vinnytsia strikes
* Zaporizhzhia strikes
* Zhytomyr strikes

Airstrikes
on military
targets|

* Chuhuiv air base attack
* Millerovo air base attack
* Chornobaivka attacks
* 7 March 2022 Mykolaiv military barracks attack
* Yavoriv military base attack
* 18 March 2022 Mykolaiv military quarters attack
* Berdiansk port attack
* Sinking of the Moskva
* Desna barracks airstrike
* Attack on Nova Kakhovka
* Crimea attacks
* Saky air base attack
* Drone attack on the Sevastopol Naval Base
* Missile strike on the Black Sea Fleet headquarters
* Dyagilevo and Engels air bases attacks
* Makiivka military quarters shelling
* Machulishchy air base attack
* Zarichne barracks airstrike
* Operation Spider's Web

Resistance|

| Russian-occupied Ukraine|

* Popular Resistance of Ukraine
* Berdiansk Partisan Army
* Yellow Ribbon
* Atesh

|

Belarusian and Russian partisans|

* Assassination of Vladlen Tatarsky
* Civic Council
* Irpin Declaration
* Killing of Darya Dugina
* National Republican Army
* Military commissariats arsons
* Ust-Ilimsk military commissariat shooting
* Black Bridge
* Rail war in Russia
* Stop the Wagons
* Combat Organization of Anarcho-Communists
* Rail war in Belarus
* Busly liaciać
* BYPOL
* Community of Railway Workers
* Cyber Partisans

Russian
occupations|

* Flags used in Russian-occupied Ukraine

Ongoing|

* Annexation referendums
* Annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts
* Elections in Russian-occupied Ukraine
* Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine
* Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol
* Donetsk Oblast
* Kharkiv Oblast
* Kherson Oblast
* Luhansk Oblast
* Mykolaiv Oblast
* Zaporizhzhia Oblast
* Sumy Oblast (2025, reentry)
* Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (2025, reentry)

Previous|

* Chernihiv Oblast
* Kyiv Oblast
* Odesa Oblast
* Sumy Oblast (2022)
* Zhytomyr Oblast

Potentially
related|

* Black Sea drone incident
* Bridge collapses in Russia
* Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant drone strike
* Mystery fires in Russia
* Transnistria attacks
* Zagreb Tu-141 crash

Other|

* 2022 Crimean Bridge explosion
* 2023 Crimean Bridge explosion
* 2025 Crimean Bridge explosion
* Assassination attempts on Volodymyr Zelenskyy
* Coup d'état attempt in Ukraine
* Bridges in the Russo-Ukrainian War
* Dragon drone
* Violations of non-combatant airspaces
* Missile explosion in Poland
* Operation Synytsia
* Ukraine and electronic warfare
* Use of long-range weapons by Ukraine in Russia
* 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
* 2024 Ukrainian cyberattacks against Russia
* Wagner Group rebellion

War crimes

General|

* Accusations of genocide in Donbas
* Allegations of genocide of Ukrainians
* child abductions
* Attacks on hospitals
* Cluster munitions
* Incendiary weapons
* Landmines
* Russian filtration camps
* Russian mobile crematoriums
* Russian theft of Ukrainian grain
* Russian torture chambers
* Looting
* Sexual violence
* Mistreatment of prisoners of war

Attacks on
civilians|

* February 2022 Kharkiv cluster bombing
* Kharkiv government building airstrike
* 3 March Chernihiv bombing
* Irpin refugee column shelling
* Mariupol hospital airstrike
* Stara Krasnianka care house attack
* Mykolaiv cluster bombing
* March 2022 Donetsk attack
* 2022 Borodianka airstrikes
* Chernihiv breadline attack
* Mariupol theatre airstrike
* Kyiv shopping centre bombing
* Sumykhimprom ammonia leak
* March 2022 Kharkiv cluster bombing
* Mykolaiv government building missile strike
* Bucha massacre
* Kramatorsk railway station attack
* April 2022 Kharkiv cluster bombing
* Bilohorivka school bombing
* Shooting of Andrii Bohomaz
* Maisky Market attack
* Kremenchuk shopping mall attack
* Serhiivka missile strike
* Chasiv Yar missile strike
* Olenivka prison massacre
* Kharkiv dormitories missile strike
* Chaplyne railway station attack
* Izium mass graves
* September 2022 Donetsk attack
* Zaporizhzhia civilian convoy attack
* Kupiansk civilian convoy shelling
* Zaporizhzhia residential building airstrike
* Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
* 2023 Dnipro residential building airstrike
* Sloviansk airstrike
* Uman missile strike
* Kramatorsk restaurant missile strike
* Lyman cluster bombing
* 2023 Pokrovsk missile strike
* Chernihiv missile strike
* Kostiantynivka missile strike
* Hroza missile attack
* Volnovakha massacre
* December 2023 strikes
* 2024 Pokrovsk missile strike
* 2024 Donetsk attack
* Lysychansk missile strike
* 6 March 2024 Odesa strike
* March 2024 strikes
* Human safari (terror campaign)
* May 2024 Kharkiv strikes
* 8 July 2024 strikes
* 2024 Kostiantynivka supermarket missile attack
* 26 August 2024 strikes
* September 2024 Poltava strike
* November 2024 strikes
* February 2025 Poltava strike
* 2025 Sumy airstrike

Crimes
against
soldiers|

* Torture of Russian soldiers in Mala Rohan
* Torture and castration of a Ukrainian POW in Pryvillia
* Rape of Donetsk People's Republic soldiers by Kadyrovites
* Murder of Yevgeny Nuzhin
* Makiivka surrender incident
* Execution of Oleksandr Matsievskyi
* 2022 Ukrainian prisoner of war beheading

Legal cases|

* ICC investigation
* Arrest warrants
* ICJ court case
* Task Force on Accountability
* Universal jurisdiction
* Crime of aggression tribunal
* Criminal proceedings
* Vadim Shishimarin
* Alexander Bobikin and Alexander Ivanov
* Anton Cherednik

Reactions

States
and
official
entities|

| General|

* Sanctions
* people and organizations
* restrictions on transit to Kaliningrad Oblast
* Military aid
* European Union Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine
* People's Bayraktar
* Signmyrocket.com
* Humanitarian aid
* Sanctioned yachts
* Relations with Russia

|

Ukraine|

* Application to NATO
* Be Brave Like Ukraine
* Brave1
* Bring Kids Back UA
* Ban on Russia-associated religious groups
* Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War
* Decolonization and derussification law
* Delta
* Destroyed Russian military equipment exhibition
* For Courage and Bravery (Ukraine)
* Grain From Ukraine
* Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief
* Hero City
* I Want to Live
* International Legion and other foreign units
* Belarusian Volunteer Corps
* Terror Battalion
* Black Maple Company
* Canadian-Ukrainian Brigade
* Freedom of Russia Legion
* German Volunteer Corps
* Karelian National Battalion
* Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment
* Norman Brigade
* Pahonia Regiment
* Polish Volunteer Corps
* Romanian Battlegroup Getica
* Russian Volunteer Corps
* Separate Special Purpose Battalion
* Sibir Battalion
* Turan Battalion
* International Sponsors of War
* Forced confiscation law of Russian property [ru; uk]
* Look for Your Own
* Lukoil sanctions
* Martial law
* Mobilization
* Media Center Ukraine
* National Council for the Recovery of Ukraine from the War [uk]
* National Multi-Subject Test [uk]
* North Korea–Ukraine relations
* Points of Invincibility
* Recognition of Ichkeria
* Rescuer City
* Save Ukrainian Culture [uk]
* Syria–Ukraine relations
* Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra
* United24
* United News

Russia|

* highways in the annexed territories
* A290
* A291 "Tavrida"
* R260
* R280 "Novorossiya"
* 2022 Moscow rally
* 2023 Moscow rally
* 2022 Moscow Victory Day Parade
* 2023 Moscow Victory Day Parade
* 2024 Moscow Victory Day Parade
* 2023 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly
* Blockade of Ukraine [ru]
* Bohdan Khmelnytsky Battalion
* Censorship in Russia [ru]
* Chechnya
* Pro-Ukrainian Chechen fighters
* Conmemorative Medal "Participant of a Special Military Operation" [ru]
* Conversations about Important Things
* Krasovsky case
* Legalization of parallel imports [ru]
* Manifesto of the South Russian People's Council
* Martial law
* Masha Moskalyova case
* Metropolis of Crimea
* Mikhail Simonov case
* Mobilization
* Recruitment of irregular forces [ru]
* Operation Doppelgänger
* Opinion polling [ru]
* Orthodox Christmas truce proposal
* Wagner Group–Ministry of Defense conflict
* Russian Orthodox clergymen appeal against war
* Salvation Committee for Peace and Order
* Special Coordinating Council
* Ukraine bioweapons conspiracy theory
* Unfriendly countries list
* War censorship laws
* We Are Together. Sports
* "What Russia Should Do with Ukraine"

United
States|

* 2022 Joe Biden speech in Warsaw
* 2022 State of the Union Address
* Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022
* Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023
* Disinformation Governance Board
* Executive Order 14071
* Pentagon document leaks
* Task Force KleptoCapture
* Ukraine Defense Contact Group
* Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act
* Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative

Other
countries|

* Belarus
* Canada
* Canada–Ukraine authorization for emergency travel
* China
* Closer ties with Russia
* Chinese peace plan
* Hong Kong
* Croatia
* Denmark
* Danish European Union defence opt-out referendum
* France
* Mission Aigle
* Georgia
* Germany
* German Taurus controversy
* Taurus leak
* Zeitenwende speech
* Hungary
* India
* Operation Ganga
* Iran
* Closer ties with Russia
* Israel
* Operation Israel Guarantees
* Lithuania
* Moldova
* New Zealand
* Russia Sanctions Act
* North Korea
* Poland
* border crisis with Ukraine
* Syria [ru]
* Taiwan
* United Kingdom
* Economic Crime Act
* Homes for Ukraine
* Operation Interflex
* 2025 London Summit on Ukraine
* Coalition of the willing

United
Nations|

* Emergency special session
* Resolution ES-11/1
* Resolution ES-11/2
* Resolution ES-11/3
* Resolution ES-11/4
* Resolution ES-11/5
* Resolution ES-11/6
* Resolution ES-11/7
* Security Council Resolution 2623
* Resolution A/RES/77/229
* Easter truce

International
organizations|

* Accession of Moldova to the EU
* Accession of Ukraine to the EU
* Brussels summit
* European Political Community
* 1st summit
* 2nd summit
* 3rd summit
* Madrid summit
* NATO virtual summit
* Operation Oscar
* Ramstein Air Base meeting
* EU–Ukraine Summit
* REPowerEU
* Steadfast Defender 2024
* SWIFT ban against Russian banks
* Ukraine Recovery Conference
* Versailles declaration
* 2023 Vilnius summit
* 15th BRICS summit
* 2024 Washington summit
* Weimar+

Other|

* Consecration of Russia
* F-16 training coalition
* Finland–NATO relations
* Finland–Russia border barrier
* Iron diplomacy
* Proposed Russian annexation of South Ossetia
* Removal of monuments and memorials
* Streets renamed
* Ukraine Square, Oslo
* Serving heads of state and government that have visited Ukraine during the invasion
* Sweden–NATO relations
* Swedish anti-terrorism bill

Public|

| Protests|

* In Ukraine
* in Russian-occupied Ukraine
* demolition of monuments to Alexander Pushkin
* ArmWomenNow
* Ukrainian Artistic Front
* In Russia
* Angry patriots
* Club of Angry Patriots
* Anti-War Committee
* Suspicious deaths of Russian businesspeople
* Congress of People's Deputies
* Council of Mothers and Wives
* Feminist Anti-War Resistance
* Flower protests
* Marina Ovsyannikova
* Russian Action Committee
* North Caucasian protests
* 2022 Russian Far East protests
* State Duma initiative for charging Vladimir Putin of high treason
* White-blue-white flag
* In Belarus
* In China
* Great Translation Movement
* In Czech Republic
* Czech Republic First!

|

Companies|

* Address of the Russian Union of Rectors
* Boycott of Russia and Belarus
* "Do not buy Russian goods!"
* E.N.O.T. Corp.
* Igor Mangushev
* McDonald's in Russia
* Vkusno i tochka
* NashStore [ru]
* People's Satellite
* Starlink satellites
* Stop Bloody Energy
* Wagner Group
* Andrey Aleksandrovich Medvedev
* Death of Nemes Tarimo
* Yale CELI List of Companies

Technology|

* Anonymous and the invasion
* alerts.in.ua
* DDoS attacks on Romania
* DeepStateMap.Live
* Denys Davydov
* IT Army of Ukraine
* Killnet
* Liveuamap
* Open-source intelligence
* peacenotwar
* Russian Asset Tracker
* Squad303 [pl]
* Ukraine Siren Alerts
* Wikipedia
* threat to block in Russia
* detention of Mark Bernstein

Spies|

* Diplomatic expulsions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
* Russian spies in the Russo-Ukrainian War

Other|

* Association of Azovstal Defenders' Families
* Black Sea Grain Initiative
* Collaboration with Russia
* We Are Together with Russia
* Concert for Ukraine
* Free Buryatia Foundation
* Free Nations of Post-Russia Forum
* Game4Ukraine
* Get Lost
* Global Tour for Peace
* Go by the Forest
* Guide to the Free World
* Mozart Group
* Olena Zelenska Foundation
* Open letter from Nobel laureates
* Pavel Sudoplatov Battalion
* Rubikus.HelpUA
* Ruslan Shostak Charitable Foundation
* Russia's War Crimes House
* Save Ukraine
* Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online
* Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
* Spain letter bomb attacks
* Yermak-McFaul Expert Group on Russian Sanctions
* Pavel Filatyev
* True Russia
* Volos Declaration
* Vyvozhuk
* Wimbledon ban

Impact

Effects|

* Aircraft losses
* Casualties
* journalists killed
* Russian generals killed
* Economic impact
* Inflation surge
* 2022 Moldovan energy crisis
* 2022–2023 protests
* 2025 Moldovan energy crisis
* Russia–EU gas dispute
* 2022 Nord Stream pipelines sabotage
* Russian debt default
* 2022 Russian oil price cap
* 2022-2024 German economic crisis
* 2023 Russian oil products sanctions and price cap
* EU natural gas price cap
* Education
* End of the Whisky War
* Environmental impact
* European re-armament
* Eurovision Song Contest 2022
* Russia
* Ukraine
* Eurovision Song Contest 2023
* Food crises
* Impact on theatre [uk]
* List of notable deaths
* Lukoil oil transit dispute
* Nuclear power plants
* Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis
* Nuclear risk
* Religion
* Russian emigration
* The Ark
* Ship losses
* Ukrainian cultural heritage
* art theft and looting
* damaged cultural sites
* Trauma
* Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod pipeline explosion
* Ukrainian energy crisis
* Violations of non-combatant airspaces
* Women

Human
rights|

* Humanitarian impact
* Ukrainian refugee crisis
* 2025 Amsterdam stabbing attack
* Sobieskiego 100
* UN Commission of Inquiry
* UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission

Terms,
phrases|

* "And now I will show you where the attack on Belarus was prepared from"
* "Anglo-Saxons"
* "Bavovna"
* "Grandpa in his bunker"
* "Good evening, we are from Ukraine"
* "Orc"
* "Putin khuylo!"
* "Khuy Voyne!"
* "Russia is here forever [uk]"
* "Russian warship, go fuck yourself"
* "Slava Ukraini!"
* "Special military operation"
* "To bomb Voronezh"
* "Strength is in truth"
* "Westsplaining"
* "Where have you been for eight years?"
* "Without you"

Popular
culture|

| Songs|

* "12"
* "Bakhmut Fortress"
* "Bayraktar"
* "Bilia topoli"
* "City of Mary"
* "Flowers of Minefields"
* "Generation Cancellation"
* "Generation Z"
* "I'm Russian"
* "Oyda"
* "Hey, Hey, Rise Up!"
* "Mama ŠČ!"
* "Oi u luzi chervona kalyna"
* "Slava Ukraini!"
* "Stefania"
* "Ukraine"
* "Crushed"

|

Films|

* 20 Days in Mariupol
* A Rising Fury
* Follow Me
* Intercepted
* Russians at War
* Turn in the Wound
* Ukraine on Fire 2 [uk]

Other|

* Babylon'13
* Back to the Cold War
* Borodianka cat [uk]
* Ghost of Kyiv
* Kherson watermelon
* Královec Region
* Madonna of Kyiv
* North Atlantic Fella Organization
* Newspeak in Russia
* Patron
* "Putler"
* "Putinversteher"
* Raccoon of Kherson
* Saint Javelin
* Saint Mariuburg [ru; uk]
* Vasylkiv maiolica rooster
* Vladimir Putin's meeting table
* Walk of the Brave
* "Z" military symbol

Key people

Ukrainians|

* Volodymyr Zelenskyy
* speeches during the invasion
* visit to the United States
* visit to the United Kingdom
* visits to Europe
* Anatolii Kryvonozhko
* Anatoliy Barhylevych
* Andrii Hnatov
* Andriy Biletsky
* Andriy Yermak
* Denys Shmyhal
* Denys Kireyev X
* Denys Monastyrsky †
* Denys Prokopenko
* Ihor Klymenko
* Iryna Venediktova
* Kyrylo Budanov
* Mykhailo Drapatyi
* Mykola Oleschuk
* Oleksandr Pavlyuk
* Oleksandr Syrskyi
* Oleksii Reznikov
* Oleksiy Danilov
* Oleksiy Neizhpapa
* Ruslan Khomchak
* Rustem Umerov
* Sergiy Kyslytsya
* Serhiy Shaptala
* Serhii Sternenko
* Valerii Zaluzhnyi
* Vasyl Malyuk
* Vitali Klitschko
* Yevhen Moisiuk
* Yulia Svyrydenko

Russians|

* Vladimir Putin
* Aleksandr Dvornikov
* Aleksandr Lapin
* Aleksey Dyumin
* Aleksey Nagin †
* Alexander Bortnikov
* Andrei Kolesnikov
* Andrei Sychevoi
* Andrey Belousov
* Andrey Vorobyov
* Dmitry Medvedev
* Gennady Zhidko #
* Igor Kastyukevich
* Ivan Popov
* Mikhail Mishustin
* Maria Lvova-Belova
* Nikolai Patrushev
* Oleg Salyukov
* Oleg Tsokov †
* Ramzan Kadyrov
* Roman Berdnikov
* Rustam Muradov
* Sergey Kobylash
* Sergey Lavrov
* Sergey Naryshkin
* Sergei Shoigu
* Sergey Surovikin
* Timur Ivanov
* Valery Gerasimov
* Viktor Sokolov
* Viktor Zolotov
* Vitaly Gerasimov
* Vyacheslav Gladkov
* Vyacheslav Volodin
* Yevgeny Prigozhin X

Other|

* Alexander Lukashenko
* Denis Pushilin
* Leonid Pasechnik
* Sergey Aksyonov
* Vitaly Ganchev
* Vladimir Saldo
* Yevgeny Balitsky
* Yuriy Barbashov

Related

* 2023 North Korea–Russia summit
* 2023 visit by Joe Biden to Ukraine
* 2023 visit by Fumio Kishida to Ukraine
* 2023 visit by Xi Jinping to Russia
* 2023 visit by Yoon Suk Yeol to Ukraine
* 2025 Putin–Trump call
* Anti-drone mesh
* Anti-Russian sentiment
* Anti-Ukrainian sentiment
* Antonov An-225 Mriya
* Axis of Upheaval
* Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243
* Azovstal Iron and Steel Works
* Brovary helicopter crash
* Bryansk Oblast military aircraft crashes
* Claims of Vladimir Putin's incapacity and death
* Decolonization in Ukraine
* Decommunization in Ukraine
* Derussification in Ukraine
* Demolition of monuments to Alexander Pushkin in Ukraine
* Foreign leaders that have visited during the invasion
* Institute for the Study of War
* Irkutsk Su-30 crash
* Ivanovo Ilyushin Il-76 crash
* Korochansky Ilyushin Il-76 crash
* Kyivstar cyberattack
* Lady R incident
* Moldovan coup d'état attempt allegations
* Nord Stream 2
* Proposed Russian annexation of Transnistria
* Punisher
* Russian nuclear weapons
* Sarmat
* Rico Krieger
* Russian military presence in Transnistria
* Ryazan Il-76 crash
* Siberian wildfires
* Sinhury mid-air collision [uk; zh]
* Soloti military training ground shooting
* Soviet imagery
* Territorial Center of Recruitment and Social Support
* Turtle tank
* U-24 association
* Ukrainian-African Renaissance
* Ukrainian conscription crisis
* Western long-range weapons in Russia
* Ural Airlines Flight 1383
* "The Vladimir Putin Interview"
* Voronezh An-26 crash
* Wagner Group plane crash
* Yeysk Su-34 crash
* Yaroslav Hunka scandal
* Time of Heroes

* Category

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template