Troops have placed $1 billion in orders in the first year of Brave1 Market

Units of Ukraine’s Defence Forces have ordered $1 billion worth of military equipment and hardware with ePoints during the first year of Brave1 Market, the state marketplace for defence technology.

In that time, more than 400 units have received around 500,000 unmanned aerial vehicles, unmanned ground vehicles, and electronic warfare and electronic reconnaissance systems.

The role of Brave1 Market in supplying troops

The updated ePoints programme, integrated with Brave1 Market, launched on 1 August 2025. It brought market mechanisms into what had until then been a closed state supply system for the Defence Forces.

For the first time, combat commanders can select the equipment their units need themselves.

How units earn ePoints and what they can spend them on

Troops earn ePoints for verified combat missions, including reconnaissance, logistics, casualty evacuation and eliminating enemy forces. They then exchange those points for the technology they need, such as drones, UGVs and electronic warfare and reconnaissance systems.

Ukrainian defenders can now order more than 1,100 items on Brave1 Market with ePoints.

Delivery times for items held in stock have also been cut to an average of seven days.

In June, Ukrainian troops ordered UAVs, UGVs and electronic warfare and reconnaissance systems worth more than UAH 5 billion on Brave1 Market. That was the largest monthly total since the ePoints programme began.