Russian Weapons Secrets Offered for Free by Ukraine to Allies

Ukraine has launched an online platform to share research into Russian weapons captured on the battlefield with defence companies, scientists and partner governments.

TrophyLab brings together technical specifications, blueprints and scientific research produced after Ukrainian scientific institutions, laboratories and engineering centres examined captured Russian equipment.

From missiles to complex counter-drone systems, the catalogue contains more than 115 samples of Russian equipment, organised into 79 categories and subcategories, alongside more than 225 completed studies.

The material could help researchers develop ways to counter Russian systems or improve their own designs.

"We do not only destroy these systems, we study them, dismantle them, analyse them and turn them into knowledge," Ukraine's defence ministry said adding, "Every captured system is data, every analysis is a step toward technological advantage."

The platform is intended to create a shared pool of research from equipment taken off the battlefield and to help researchers develop technology to counter Russian designs or improve on them.

TrophyLab is currently an experimental project, with new material added as Ukraine's security and defence agencies examine further captured equipment.

Westerrn weapons secrets to Russia

The war with Ukraine has provided valuable technical information to Russian engineers about Western weapons. Information about sensors, metallurgy and electronic components is obtained from seized weapons such as drones, tanks, artillery systems, missiles and bombs.

As Ukraine has become the testing ground for many Western weapons, it has also provided Russia a unique opportunity to study the latest weapons provided to Ukraine and build analogues or defenses against them.