Ukraine Identifies 243 Enterprises Key to Russia’s Defense Industry

Ukraine’s defense intelligence directorate (HUR) has published a detailed breakdown on the War & Sanctions portal of 243 enterprises that are part of three major holdings within Russia’s state-owned corporation, Rostec.

“Rostec enterprises account for more than half of Russia’s total production of weapons and military equipment and play a key role in supplying the aggressor’s army in its war against Ukraine,” the HUR statement said.

The Russian state conglomerate unites more than 700 enterprises across the defense, aviation, electronics and engineering sectors. Rostec companies produce more than half of Russia’s weapons and military equipment. It is a critical supplier of the weapons and technology Moscow’s armed forces need to sustain their war efforts.

The newly updated section on the portal highlights the activities of three key groups:

• High-Precision Systems Holding, which manufactures systems such as the Iskander-M ballistic missile, the Kinzhal (Kh-47M2) hypersonic missile, the Pantsir-S air defense system, armored vehicles, and Krasnopol guided munitions
• The United Aircraft Corporation, which brings together Russia’s leading aerospace enterprises, producing and modernizing Sukhoi and Mikoyan (MiG) multirole fighters, Tupolev strategic bombers, and Ilyushin military transport aircraft
• The United Engine Corporation, made up of 78 enterprises involved in the development and production of motors and engines for missile systems, aviation, and naval vessels

The new section posted on the portal by HUR includes identification data on the enterprises, their roles within Rostec’s structure, information on sanctions imposed against them, the equipment they use, as well as diagrams of the links and chains of command within the corporation.

“Responsible businesses can use this information to screen their counterparts for ties to Rostec and make informed decisions about terminating cooperation,” HUR said.

It adds that publishing this data, along with the synchronization of sanctions with partner countries, will complicate Russia’s supply chains and slow down the production of military equipment.

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The move will also prevent non-sanctioned Rostec subsidiaries from circumventing international restrictions, thereby reducing Russia’s ability to develop new types of weapons and participate in international cooperation.

“Reducing Rostec’s revenues will impact its ability to produce and modernize weaponry. Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence continues efforts to isolate Russia’s military-industrial complex from global markets and disrupt its supply chains,” the statement concludes.

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Last week, Kyiv Post reported that since 2014, over five million documents belonging to Ukraine’s National Archival Fund (NAF) have fallen under Russian control following the occupation of parts of Ukraine, including Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, and Kherson regions. 

Kherson, a strategic city in southern Ukraine, was occupied by Russian forces in March 2022 during the early stages of the full-scale invasion. It was liberated by Ukrainian troops in November 2022, marking a major turning point in the counteroffensive. After its liberation, investigators confirmed that nearly 360,000 archival items had been looted by occupying forces.