DIU’s OSINT hackathon reveals new data on foreign equipment in Russian arms production

The Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) has published the results of an international OSINT hackathon held to mark the first anniversary of the War&Sanctions portal. The research revealed a number of new findings on the use of foreign equipment in Russian production of UMPK modules, missiles and artillery shells, DIU reported.

Ukrainian and international teams examined open publications from Russian media on the defence industry and identified equipment from China, Taiwan and Japan, including:

• Okuma (Japan) and Hision (China) machining centres found on the production line for universal planning and correction modules for aerial bombs of the Russian corporation “Tactical Missile Armament”;
• Performa vertical machining centres from Taiwanese manufacturer AKIRA SEIKI used by JSC “TsNII Burevestnik” to produce stabilisers for mortar rounds;
• Chinese KEDE and WMT machines, as well as Taiwanese ECOM VL-12i milling centres, identified at the “Votkinsk Plant”, which manufactures “Iskander” and “Oreshnik” systems.

The data collected is already being used to support sanctions initiatives and limit the production capacity of the Russian defence industry.

More information on Russian military developments can be found in the weekly review “Black Mirror” on Defender Media.