July 14, 2026: Ukraine recently established a new website, trophylab.mod.gov.ua , which provides authorized foreign government and military officials access to a database of information on captured Russian weapons and military equipment. So far, over 200 individuals have registered in Ukraine and can now arrange guided tours and examinations of weapons and equipment in the field or in a warehouse. For those who can’t get to Ukraine, a virtual TrophyLab tour can be arranged with a TrophyLab staff member wearing the video camera and microphone. Ukraine wants to share the information worldwide. Ukrainian researchers are experienced and talented, and have locally developed tools for examining captured weapons, electronics, optics, and satellite navigation systems.

Russian weapons that were captured, often intact, and in some cases later disassembled and scrutinized. These include many drone models, a wide range of tank models, small arms, anti-tank weapons, electro-optical systems, trucks and military automobiles, radars, ELINT/Electronic Intelligence, EW/Electronic Warfare, guided bombs, ballistic and hypersonic missiles, etc., from the 1960s to last year. Note that many of the ballistic missiles and hypersonic ones were reconstructed from fragments collected at the impact site. There are numerous models of air, ground, and naval drones, many of which, as of this date, are still being used, most of them by Ukraine.

TrophyLab currently features over 150 items of Russian equipment and weapons. Ukraine has already completed over 225 research projects on Russian weapons and equipment, and this effort is still underway. Weapons include ballistic and cruise missiles, one-way attack and reconnaissance drones, air defense systems, small arms, armored vehicles, artillery systems, and electronic equipment, among other military items. These include the North Korean KN-23 short-range ballistic missile that Russia has used throughout the war. Since the war began in 2022, Ukraine has shared with its NATO allies what it knew about Russian weapons and what it encountered.

TrophyLab displayed weapons used to attack Ukrainian soldiers and civilians, so that the world could see what the country had to suffer as a result of Russian aggression. Ukrainians will not forget, and they want the rest of the world to realize that Russia will attack again, and not just against Ukraine.

TrophyLab is the embodiment of the Ukrainian desire to share battlefield lessons and experience with its NATO allies, as it has done throughout the conflict with the rapid and continuing developments in drone warfare. Ukraine invented drone warfare and has much to tell and still more to offer.