{"id":25659,"date":"2026-03-24T20:29:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/?p=25659"},"modified":"2026-03-24T21:02:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T19:02:06","slug":"dorozvidka-52","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/03\/dorozvidka-52\/","title":{"rendered":"Dorozvidka #52: Ukraine and the Middle East, Magura and NATO, plus Boyle, Vandier, Biletskyi, Hryshyn, Berezhnyi and Yarmak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dorozvidka is a weekly digest of the most notable coverage on Ukrainian and global defence tech. In issue #52:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First interceptions of Shahed drones by Ukrainian <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/tags\/interceptor-drones\/\">interceptor drones<\/a> in the Middle East;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ukrainian Magura V7 naval drones by UForce \u201csink\u201d a NATO frigate during exercises;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A column by MITS Capital CEO Perry Boyle on Ukraine\u2019s defence tech window of opportunity;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An interview with 3rd Army Corps commander Andrii Biletskyi on the role of ground robots;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A video podcast featuring Oleksandr Yarmak, company commander in the 412th NEMESIS brigade;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A long-read interview with Quantum Systems Ukraine managing director Oleksandr Berezhnyi.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ukrainian Magura V7 naval drones \u201csink\u201d NATO frigate during exercises<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A multinational naval group led by the Ukrainian Navy used Magura V7 <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/tags\/sea-drones\/\">USVs<\/a> during the NATO REPMUS\/Dynamic Messenger 2025 exercises to \u201csink\u201d at least one Alliance frigate, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ukraine\/nato-manoever-vor-portugal-ukraine-versenkt-alliierte-fregatte-accg-200633625.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">F.A.Z.<\/a> A Ukrainian participant told the outlet that five scenarios conducted in September 2025 off the coast of Portugal included port defence, convoy escort, and attacks on those convoys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In all five scenarios, the \u201cred\u201d team defeated the \u201cblue\u201d NATO forces. They used several versions of Ukrainian Magura V7 drones, including one equipped with reconnaissance payloads and an explosive charge, and another fitted with a machine gun. Other participating countries also deployed unmanned surface vessels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exercises showed that unmanned systems, combined with combat experience and planning, pose a \u201creal threat\u201d to NATO navies \u2014 largely because the Alliance is not yet sufficiently prepared for such attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What\u2019s new at Quantum Systems<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Militarnyi published a wide-ranging interview with Oleksandr Berezhnyi, managing director of <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/tags\/quantum-systems\/\">Quantum Systems<\/a> in Ukraine. He spoke about localisation in Ukraine, the global impact of Ukrainian developments, the evolution of the Vector UAV, timelines for Twister deployment, the status of the Sparta carrier drone, and cooperation with Frontline. The company is currently developing three versions of the Sparta carrier: Sparta ASR, Sparta Light and Sparta Heavy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vector AI, Sparta \u0442\u0430 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0445\u043e\u043f\u043b\u044e\u0432\u0430\u0447\u0456 | \u042f\u043a Quantum Systems \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0446\u044e\u044e\u0442\u044c \u0432 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0456?!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nye0o2jrPuc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quantum Systems has also developed a Shahed-like decoy UAV, RAT, for training interceptor drone crews. In parallel, the team is working on a loitering munition version based on the same platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ukrainian specialists and interceptor drones in the Middle East<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 17 March, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine had deployed 228 specialists to counter Shahed drones in Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Jordan, in an address to the UK Parliament, as cited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.ua\/rus\/news\/ponad-200-ukrayintsiv-dopomagayut-krayinam-1773768675.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">RBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 21 March, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/ukrainian\/articles\/cn8d7dl6j47o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">BBC News Ukraine<\/a> reported, citing its own sources, that Ukrainian specialists deployed in the Middle East have already downed several Iranian Shahed drones using interceptor UAVs in one of the countries in the region. Drone manufacturers told the outlet they had already received dozens of commercial inquiries from Gulf and Middle Eastern countries and intermediaries, all interested in purchasing tens of thousands of Ukrainian interceptors \u2014 often at higher prices than on the domestic market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-left wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/02\/export-explained-ucdi\/\">Build in Ukraine, Build with Ukraine, Buy from Ukraine: an explainer on exports from UCDI<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At least two major interceptor drone manufacturers have already submitted export applications to the interagency commission on military-technical cooperation and export control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Perry Boyle on Ukraine\u2019s defence tech window of opportunity<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Historically, Ukraine was among the world\u2019s major arms exporters but had virtually no private defence sector before 2022. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/forbes.ua\/columns\/mozhlivist-na-50-mlrd-ukraina-vpershe-za-bagato-desyatilit-mae-shans-otrimati-novu-tekhnologichnu-galuz-ekonomiki-chomu-vse-zalezhit-vid-kilkokh-regulyatsiy-18032026-37114?utm_source=smm&amp;utm_medium=fb&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawQvn_xleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF6OURiVnN4bnFZM0R0Mm43c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHvLWTNIyDOqEdBKWkWn5dsI2Owmek_XwnLhhJQ1YwK05NycAXqKzRnJfBk8Q_aem_2d8qrDi7B33XZ-pgxJU90A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Forbes<\/a> column, <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/tags\/mits\/\">MITS Capital<\/a> co-founder and CEO Perry Boyle argues that regulating a new market with old rules risks losing everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He notes that 70% of Shahed drones over Kyiv are already being downed by low-cost interceptor UAVs \u2014 a capability that could underpin a new tech sector. Since 2022, a powerful private defence tech ecosystem has emerged, with billion-dollar potential and global demand. But the risk remains: the market still operates under outdated rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Biletskyi: ground robots could replace a third of Ukraine\u2019s infantry<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andrii Biletskyi, commander of the 3rd Army Corps, told TSN that ground robotic systems could replace up to a third of Ukrainian infantry on the front line, potentially reaching 80% in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0410\u041d\u0414\u0420\u0406\u0419 \u0411\u0406\u041b\u0415\u0426\u042c\u041a\u0418\u0419: \u0422\u0440\u0435\u0442\u0438\u043d\u0443 \u0441\u043e\u043b\u0434\u0430\u0442 \u043c\u0438 \u0437\u0430\u043c\u0456\u043d\u0438\u043c\u043e \u0440\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0442\u0430\u043c\u0438! \u0415\u041a\u0421\u041b\u042e\u0417\u0418\u0412\u041d\u0415 \u0406\u041d\u0422\u0415\u0420\u0412&#039;\u042e \u0414\u041b\u042f \u0422\u0421\u041d\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2pQvj4bJqv0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Video by TSN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Exporting security, not hardware: Ukraine\u2019s real advantage<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a blog on <a href=\"https:\/\/militarnyi.com\/uk\/blogs\/eksport-bezpeky-a-ne-zaliza-ukrayinskyj-dosvid-yak-eksportnyj-potentsial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Militarnyi<\/a>, General Cherry founder Yaroslav Hryshyn argues that the effectiveness of drones depends not only on technology, but on people, tactics and real combat experience. Ukraine\u2019s key export potential, therefore, lies not in hardware but in knowledge and expertise gained on the battlefield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Yarmak \u2014 the rapper shooting down Shaheds<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oleksandr Yarmak, a company commander in the 412th NEMESIS brigade, featured in the latest Dignitas podcast. Topics included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Why human operators remain central in a \u201cwar of robots\u201d;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whether robots can fully replace humans on the battlefield;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How five FPV drones can stop 30 assault troops;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How individuals can help make the next winter easier.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u042f\u0420\u041c\u0410\u041a: \u041d\u0430\u0448 \u043f\u0456\u0434\u0440\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0456\u043b \u0437\u0430\u0431\u0435\u0437\u043f\u0435\u0447\u0438\u0432 \u044f\u043a \u043c\u0456\u043d\u0456\u043c\u0443\u043c 1 \u0433\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0443 \u0441\u0432\u0456\u0442\u043b\u0430 \u043a\u043e\u0436\u043d\u043e\u043c\u0443 \u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0446\u044e\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6ZEP8ejiV6I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Video by Dignitas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>NATO Supreme Allied Commander meets Ukrainian manufacturers<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week, the state-backed cluster Brave1 brought together Ukrainian defence innovators for a meeting with Admiral Pierre Vandier, one of NATO\u2019s key commanders responsible for the development of future capabilities. Representatives from Skyeton, Airlogix, SkyFall, Tencore, Ratel, December1, Farsight Vision and Fire Point attended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What other media covered on Ukrainian defence tech last week<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25654,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","_featured_category_order":0,"_article_badge":"featured","footnotes":""},"categories":[531],"tags":[642,1648,285,618,574,369,2313,1612],"class_list":["post-25659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dorozvidka","tag-export","tag-interceptor-drones","tag-mits","tag-nemesis","tag-quantum-systems","tag-sea-drones","tag-uforce","tag-ugv","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dorozvidka #52: Ukraine and the Middle East, Magura and NATO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What other media covered on Ukrainian defence tech last week. 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