Fedorov lists 30 key achievements in his first three months as Defence Minister

Mykhaylo Fedorov listed 30 key achievements from his first three months as defence minister:

1. ⁠Disabling Starlink for Russians, which protected our skies and fundamentally changed the situation at the front.
2. Implementing after action review and a rapid response to the challenges of air strikes on energy infrastructure. An increase in the interception rate for all types of aerial targets.
3. Establishing a “small” air defense command and appointing Pavlo Lazar as deputy air defense commander.
4. ⁠Updating the approach to raising funds through the Ramstein mechanism. A record $38 billion announced for 2026 and work on the quality and oversight of aid deliveries.
5. ⁠Updating the structure of the Ministry of Defence and top management, which will eradicate corruption in the MoD and increase efficiency by hundreds of times. Creating a team of professional advisers. Launching the ministry’s new organizational structure on 1 April.
6. ⁠Introducing a system to analyse the causes of each service member’s losses and building a real-time system to analyse the combat effectiveness of brigades and corps.
7. Changing the approach to defining needs for drones and unmanned ground systems for procurement based on data—without manual requests.
8. Procurements of high-quality drones and robotic platforms in one quarter exceeded those of the entire previous year.
9. ⁠Dozens of updates to the eBaly system—points are now awarded for the combat work of army aviation, mobile fire groups against Shahed drones, and snipers. A 70% advance payment for manufacturers was introduced.
10. Implementing Mission Control for all crews and types of drones. Real-time visibility into every air operation.
11. ⁠Record procurements of fiber-optic drones, unmanned ground systems, mid-strike systems, and reconnaissance drones.
12. The first stage of an audit of the state defence-industrial complex, a rethink of the operations of key enterprises, and decisions that address real problems in the defense system. Halting numerous corruption schemes.
13. ⁠Preparing a comprehensive transformation to improve recruitment and service conditions in the Defence Forces. The first 10 of 30 projects within a single reform are almost ready to launch. Details to follow.
14. ⁠For the first time—launching large-scale procurement of pickup trucks for the front. In the coming days, the Defence Procurement Agency will announce a tender.
15. ⁠A fourfold acceleration and increased funding for building net-covered tunnels to support logistics in frontline regions.
16. Beginning the restoration of roads critical to military logistics.
17. An agreed vision of reforms in areas with record corruption risks: weapons repair and state quality assurance.
18. Dozens of digital projects: from deferments in Reserve+ to new digital processes in SAP.
19. A record contract for PAC missiles for Patriot, supported by Germany, which will begin implementation next year but provides a basis for finding missiles today thanks to future contracts.
20. ⁠March was a record month for enemy losses across all categories—from personnel to equipment and air defence. 36,000 Russian troops were eliminated.
21. The work of the Defence Forces at operational depth has been completely rethought; this is reflected in the quality and quantity of Midstrike procurements, which will soon begin arriving in the military in large numbers.
22. Additional funding for the development of the Drone Line was analyzed and allocated. Units in the project destroy every fourth target on the battlefield.
23. Developing corps capabilities: funding was provided to create four separate regiments of unmanned systems within the pilot corps, and three more corps were added to the program.
24. A decision was made to provide additional funding to the most effective units from other components of the Defence Forces—we are scaling what delivers results.
25. An additional ₴400 million was allocated to develop drone-assault units and successful operations were analysed. We are forming a new concept of warfare—the synergy of drones and ground units for the systematic destruction of the enemy and to deter its advance.
26. Artillery range: for the first time, a competition was held for a large-scale procurement of long-range 155mm artillery rounds (over 30 km), prioritizing the development of Ukrainian production.
27. Training artificial intelligence and opening the Defence AI Center A1.
28. Simplifying aviation modernisation and changing the approach to codifying weapons and military equipment. From now on, a product’s technical assessment does not depend on confirming the need—this shortens the time from development to the ability to supply the troops.
29. Developing private air defense capabilities—adding the option to transfer weapons from military units, involve snipers from the Territorial Defence Forces, and simplifying the procedure for writing off property.
30. The government adopted an act to carry out experimental procurements worth ₴5 billion.

Mykhaylo Fedorov also noted that there are still a number of areas and projects in active work, the results of which can be summed up later. He added that some results cannot be discussed publicly.

“What matters is that most of the ailments and the causes of the fundamental problems that must be solved have been diagnosed. With figures, facts, and names. It is impossible to build an effective system on lies,” the defence minister emphasised.