Last week, the UDA team held its annual General meeting.
January 14–15 was a time to sum up the results of 2025, thoroughly analyze activities, and plan strategies for 2026.
2025: a year of systemic results
- 24 projects are being implemented. The UDA has moved on to implementing complex medium- and long-term programs (2–3 years), which allows us to provide assistance in a more systematic and high-quality way.
- Strengthening the team. The growth in staff has made it possible to respond more quickly to requests and expand the geography of activities.
- Large-scale support for victims. The amount of charitable assistance to civilians affected by explosive remnants of war has been significantly increased.
2025 was a year of significant strengthening of the financial potential of the UDA:
- the performance of grant contracts increased.
- increased funding allowed us to maintain a high intensity of operational activities and develop non-targeted charitable mine victime assistance.
For us, financial reporting is not just a formality, but an indicator of our partners’ trust and the basis for long-term humanitarian solutions.
UDA Priorities in 2026
- Expansion of UDA certification and implementation of innovations.
- UDA plans to expand its certification as a mine action operator to include two additional humanitarian demining processes.
- The active implementation of innovative solutions is also expected: artificial intelligence elements for identifying UXO during EOD, VR technologies in mine safety training (EORE), and first aid.
- Virtual reality allows critical skills to be practiced in the most realistic but safe conditions possible.
- Financial stability and transparency.
Statutory activities of UDA
We have returned to a good tradition of the UDA, which began in 2019 — the awarding with the UDA badge. Between August and December last year, 31 people — military personnel, rescuers, representatives of state institutions, and international partners—were awarded the UDA badge “For Contribution to Mine Action.”
Our mission
Ukraine remains the most mine-contaminated country in the world.
With 1,391 civilians affected, this is a challenge that requires even greater consolidation of efforts by the state, international partners, and civil society. UDA will continue its mine action and humanitarian activities in the new year with maximum efficiency.
Let’s make Ukraine safe together!
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