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UKR: Ukraine miltech components: detaching from China

Dec 4, 2025

UKR: Ukraine miltech components: detaching from China

Ukraine is building a competitive components market to support its growing defense industry. But financing gaps, limited production capacity, and reliance on China for key parts still pose major hurdles.

Oleksandr Matviienko
Zoriana Semenovych
Oleksandr Matviienko, +1
EUR: Defense tech’s critical minerals war

Dec 2, 2025

EUR: Defense tech’s critical minerals war

Neodymium magnets for drone motors, germanium for night vision and gallium for GPU chips are vital for the military technologies Europe needs—and China controls them.

Nicholas Wallace
Nicholas Wallace
EUR: Why Europe wants its own tank

Nov 26, 2025

EUR: Why Europe wants its own tank

Tanks have proven vulnerable to drones on the Ukrainian battlefield, but the EU is still confident in their need for one. Here’s how the bloc is pressing ahead with its ambitions to design a next-generation battle tank.

Nicholas Wallace
Nicholas Wallace
A chance to win free Arsenal advertising!

Nov 24, 2025

A chance to win free Arsenal advertising!

Want to promote your cause, your startup, your company?

Tim Mak
Tim Mak
UKR: Inside Russia’s Rubicon unit hunting Ukrainians

Nov 20, 2025

UKR: Inside Russia’s Rubicon unit hunting Ukrainians

They don’t operate like other parts of the Russian military. They’ve made it their priority to cut logistics and hunt Ukrainian drone operators.

Oleksandr Matviienko
Zoriana Semenovych
Oleksandr Matviienko, +1
EUR: The EU’s DARPA-esque miltech investment plan

Nov 18, 2025

EUR: The EU’s DARPA-esque miltech investment plan

Defense tech startups in the EU and Ukraine will be able to get equity investments of up to €30 million each, with larger firms invited to co-invest, under plans to be spelled out on Wednesday.

Nicholas Wallace
Nicholas Wallace
How Ukraine miltech exports will spur post-war reconstruction

Nov 15, 2025

How Ukraine miltech exports will spur post-war reconstruction

How will loosening export controls put Ukraine on a growth trajectory post-war? And looking ahead to how deftech can become a key source of revenue, drawing on its technological innovation on the battlefield.

We're changing our name to 'The Arsenal!'

Nov 13, 2025

We're changing our name to 'The Arsenal!'

In the coming weeks, we'll be rebranding Counteroffensive.Pro to Arsenal Ukraine, and adding a new offering: Arsenal Europe, out of European capitals, starting with Brussels.

Tim Mak
Tim Mak

Arsenal Ukraine

Protecting Ukrainian drones from Russian interceptors

Nov 11, 2025

Protecting Ukrainian drones from Russian interceptors

Russians are actively developing drone interceptors and deploying the Rubicon unit to counter Ukraine’s attacks.

Oleksandr Matviienko
Zoriana Semenovych
Oleksandr Matviienko, +1

Arsenal Ukraine

Inside the Ukrainian army’s R&D labs

Nov 4, 2025

Inside the Ukrainian army’s R&D labs

Ukrainian units are establishing their own R&D departments to adapt weapons and equipment to battlefield needs, and even to develop new ones.

Oleksandr Matviienko
Zoriana Semenovych
Oleksandr Matviienko, +1
Inside Russian infiltration missions

Oct 28, 2025

Inside Russian infiltration missions

Small groups of Russian infantry are constantly searching for weak points in Ukraine’s defense to infiltrate and seize territories.

Oleksandr Matviienko
Zoriana Semenovych
Oleksandr Matviienko, +1
VAT taxes burdens on Ukraine miltech

Oct 21, 2025

VAT taxes burdens on Ukraine miltech

Getting rid of the 20% VAT on imports of defense-related components was intended to support the production of weapons. But it also created inconsistent rules for domestic producers.

Oleksandr Matviienko
Zoriana Semenovych
Oleksandr Matviienko, +1
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