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Supplies of weapons and military equipment to Ukraine

Main article: Supply of weapons and military equipment to Ukraine

2025: The volume of weapons production in Ukraine for the year increased by 47% and reached $4.2 billion

In 2025, the production of weapons in Ukraine in monetary terms reached 180 billion hryvnia (about $4.2 billion at the exchange rate on February 12, 2026). This is 47% more compared to the previous year, when the sector was estimated at 122 billion hryvnia. This was announced in early January 2026 by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

It is noted that significant growth is due to the expansion of production capacities and an increase in the workload of enterprises. The number of government contracts for the production of weapons in 2025 jumped by more than 50%.

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Фото: Bloomberg

This is Ukraine's response to modern challenges and evidence that our weapons are becoming the foundation of national security, "said Deputy Prime Minister Denis Shmygal.

It is emphasized that veterans play a special role in the development of the sector. In Ukroboronprom (the association of enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine under state management), the development of personnel potential and social integration of military personnel continues. More than 1000 veterans work in the structure of the society. In addition, work has been intensified on cooperation with educational institutions in order to train new specialists.

At the same time, Rustem Umerov, secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, said that the first Ukrainian companies received permits for controlled exports of military products. According to him, the capabilities of the production of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex in the areas of drones and electronic warfare exceed the volume of internal purchases for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and therefore the "coordinated export" of these types of products will attract investments in the industry. The permits were approved by the interdepartmental commission on the policy of military-technical cooperation and export control.^[1]

2024:630 thousand weapons are on the wanted list, including artillery pieces, grenade launchers and bullets

As of May 2024, more than 630 thousand weapons are on the wanted list in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the armed conflict, more than 230 thousand trunks have "disappeared." Of these:

• 89,412 units of assault rifles were put on the wanted list, of which: 82,936 various modifications of the Kalashnikov assault rifle, 5.56 caliber assault rifles - 1,139 of which are the largest number of "M4A1" (317 units).
• 12,020 grenade launchers were put on the wanted list, of which: 5,780 units of RPG 7 of various modifications; 4,164 "GP 25" units; 357 units of AGS 17, 206 units of LNG 9.
• 307 MANPADS units were put on the wanted list, including 22 Stinger MANPADS, the rest of the modifications of Strela (15) and Igla (270) MANPADS.
• 268 ATGM units were put on the wanted list, including 68 NLAW, 43 JAVELIN.
• 44 artillery pieces were put on the wanted list, including 8 D44 guns, 13 2A42 guns (mounted on BMP-2, BMD-3), 4 2A38 guns (mounted on Tunguska and Pantsyr-S1 air defense systems), 9 2A28 guns (mounted on BMP-1), 4 automatic ZTM2 guns (mounted on armored vehicles BTR-3U, BMP).
• 12,103 machine guns were put on the wanted list, including 382 Browning machine guns, 201 MG42 machine guns of various modifications, 167 Maxim machine guns, 640 Degtyarev infantry machine guns of various modifications.
• 61,298 pistols of various modifications were put on the wanted list.
• 3,127 edged weapons (knives, sabers, swords, checkers, crossbows).

2021: Start of the online weapons accounting system in Ukraine

In June 2021, the Ukrainian Ministries of Digital Transformation and Internal Affairs announced the launch of an automatic weapons accounting system. Thanks to it, it is planned to speed up the issuance of permits for pistols, rifles, carbines, etc., as well as strengthen control in this market. Read more here.