Air defense, drones, destruction of the enemy: Fedorov reported on the first 100 days of work as Minister of Defense

NEWS 24.04.2026 / Author:
Air defense, drones, destruction of the enemy: Fedorov reported on the first 100 days of work as Minister of Defense

Defense Minister Mikhail Fedorov reported on what was done within three months in office.

He  announced this in Telegram, informs the portal PromPolitInform.

What did you manage to do?

The head of the Ministry of Defense spoke about the 30 steps that have been taken since the beginning of work in the post.

1. shutdown Starlink for the Russians, which protected our sky from controlled on Starlink chess and radically changed the situation at the front.

2. Implementation of after action review and quick response to air strikes on energy infrastructure. The increase in the level of interception of all types of air targets.

3. Creation of the command of the “small” air defense and the appointment of Pavel Lazar to the post of deputy air defense commander.

4. Updating the approach to raising funds through the Ramstein mechanism. Record announcement of $38 billion for 2026 and work on the quality and control of aid supplies.

5. Updating the structure of the Ministry of Defense and top management, which will lead to the eradication of corruption in the Ministry of Defense and will increase efficiency by hundreds of times. Creation of a team of professional advisers. The launch of a new organizational structure of the ministry from April 1.

6. Introduction of a system for analyzing the causes of losses of each soldier and building a system for analyzing the combat effectiveness of brigades and corps in real time.

7. Changing the approach to the formation of requirements for drones and NRC for procurement based on data. No manual need.

8. purchases of quality drones and robotic platforms in one quarter are greater than in the whole of last year.

9. dozens of system updates ePoints – began to award points for the combat work of army aviation, mobile fire groups against Shahed, as well as snipers. We introduced 70% of the advance payment for manufacturers.

10. Implementation of Mission Control for all crews and types of drones. Understand each air operation in real time.

11. record purchases of drones on fiber optic, NRC, mid-strike systems and scouts.

12. The first stage of the audit of the state defense industry, rethinking the activities of important enterprises and solutions that solve real problems of the defense system. Stopping many corruption schemes.

13. Preparation of a comprehensive transformation of improving the conditions of recruitment and service in the Defense Forces. The first 10 out of 30 projects within one reform are almost ready for launch. Details – later.

14. for the first time – the beginning of large-scale purchases of pickups to the front. In the coming days, a tender from the AOZ will be announced.

15. Four times faster and more financing for the construction of tunnels with grids to ensure logistics in the frontline regions.

16. The beginning of the restoration of roads important for military logistics.

17. agreed vision of reforms in areas where there were record corruption risks: repair of weapons; State quality assurance.

18. Dozens of digital projects: from deferrals to Reserve+ to new digital processes in SAP.

19. A record-breaking PAC missile contract for Patriot with German support, which will begin implementation next year, but is the basis for finding missiles today thanks to future contracts.

20. March is a record month for losses for the enemy in all categories: from military to equipment and air defense. Destroyed 36 000 soldiers of the Russian Federation.

21. The work of the Defense Forces at operational depth has been completely rethought, this is reflected in the quality and quantity of procurement of Middlestreik, which will soon begin to enter the army en masse.

22. Additional funding for the development of the Drone Line was analyzed and allocated. Project units destroy every fourth target on the battlefield.

23. capacity building of buildings: the creation of four separate regiments of BpS pilot buildings was financed and three more buildings were added to the program.

24. A decision was made on additional funding for the most effective units from other components of the Defense Forces – we scale what gives results.

25. Additionally, ₴ 400 million was spent on the development of drone assault units and analyzed successful operations. We are forming a new concept of combat – the synergy of drones and ground units to systematically destroy the enemy and deter its progress.

26. Artillery range: for the first time a competition was held for the large-scale purchase of 155 caliber long-range artillery guns (30+ km) with a priority for the development of Ukrainian production.

27. Artificial intelligence training and opening Defense AI Center “A1.”

28. simplifying the modernization of aviation and changing the approach to the codification of weapons and military equipment. From now on, the technical evaluation of the product does not depend on the confirmation of the need – this reduces the time from development to the possibility of delivery to the troops.

29. Development of private air defense capabilities – added the ability to transfer weapons from military units, attract snipers from the SRW and simplified the procedure for writing off property.

30. Adopted an act of the Government on the implementation of experimental procurement for the ₴ of 5 billion.

According to Fedorov, a number of areas and projects are currently in active work. They will be told later.

“Some results cannot be talked about publicly. It is important that most diseases and causes of fundamental problems are diagnosed, which must be solved. With numbers, facts and surnames. It is impossible to build an effective system on lies,” the minister concluded.

Photo – Ministry of Defense