{"id":28258,"date":"2026-04-23T17:25:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/?p=28258"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:35:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:35:14","slug":"epoints-14-billions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/04\/epoints-14-billions\/","title":{"rendered":"The military has ordered equipment worth 14 billion UAH via ePoints since the start of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the start of the year, military units have received more than 181,000 units of equipment in exchange for ePoints. The total value of the equipment ordered is 14 billion UAH, Minister of Defence <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/tags\/mykhailo-fedorov\/\">Mykhailo Fedorov <\/a>has announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The equipment includes aerial drones, UGVs, EW systems, and other technic. Around 95% of drone units have joined the ePoints programme, which allows units to earn points for effective actions and exchange them for equipment through the Brave1 marketplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fedorov <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/zedigital\/6752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">notes <\/a>that points have recently begun to be awarded for combat operations by army aviation, mobile fire groups operating against Shaheds, and snipers. The number of points awarded for each enemy combatant killed or seriously wounded has also been increased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ministry of Defence has also stated that it is preparing new measures to strengthen the impact of the ePoints system at the frontline. In particular, the programme will be expanded to new areas in the near future. Defender Media has previously reported that the Ministry of Defence <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/04\/mod-innovations\/\">simplified the procurement of innovative products <\/a>for the military. These will now be procured under a simplified procedure, with Armed Forces of Ukraine units receiving them for combat testing and making decisions on their effectiveness.<\/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\/04\/universal-ground-station\/\"><strong>Read more<\/strong>: Ukraine introduces a universal ground control station for fibre-optic drones<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Around 95% of drone units have joined the ePoints programme<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":9955,"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":[1],"tags":[1781,1803,316],"class_list":["post-28258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state","tag-brave-market","tag-mod","tag-mykhailo-fedorov","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Army has ordered 14 billion UAH worth of equipment via ePoints<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Since the start of 2026, the military has received more than 181,000 units of equipment in exchange for ePoints. 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