Ukraine Facility Platform together with the partners – Ihor Fomenko, head of FRU Defense and Maria Lemberg, supervisory board member Aerorozvidka NGO presented the Baltic Forces Hub concept to Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina and David Aloyan, Deputy Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council, at the February 24 meeting.

Ukraine Facility Platform supported the concept development as a platform that connects partners and enables sustainable cooperation between manufacturers in Ukraine and the EU.

The Baltic Forces Hub combines the strengths of Ukraine and Latvia into a coherent, scalable model through defence industry cooperation. Co-production is the most practical way to apply Ukraine’s operational experience, Latvia’s innovation and industrial potential, and make funding work efficiently.

Baltic Force Hub is a deliberate effort to combine the strengths of Ukraine and Latvia:

  • Joint training and co-development of operational solutions – moving from ad-hoc contacts to shared battlefield concepts: how to create and sustain a kill zone, and how to control an adversary’s tactical depth.
  • Aligning force organisation with reality – building a shared understanding not only of tactics, but also of how units should be structured to meet both NATO standards and the requirements of the modern battlefield. This enables a joint, clear demand signal for defence technologies.
  • Joint Ukraine–Latvia industrial cooperation — establishing co-production companies to build capabilities first for Ukraine, and then for the security needs of the wider region.

Mutually beneficial cooperation must be built on clear benefits for both sides.

Roman Vybranovskyi, co-founder of Ukraine Facility Platform, outlined the key ones:

  • Military impact – sharing lessons learned and battle-proven solutions for a more modern military ready to face tomorrow’s threats, not fight yesterday’s wars.
  • Budgetary considerations through improved cost efficiency – low-cost, scalable, high-impact systems to defeat far more expensive enemy assets; reducing the defence funding burden and opening doors for EU additional funding.
  • Economic impact – high-tech jobs and new industrial capability, with a multiplier effect.
  • Constant innovation cycle – access to the latest developments / upgrades / modifications battle tested against a potential adversary.
  • Scalable industrial infrastructure that can ramp up quickly and produce required volumes on short notice in the event of aggression.

Designed for maximum impact fast – and sustained results over the next several years. The architecture is open, and we will keep building it. Fully aligned with Ukraine’s stated national policy direction and Build with Ukraine logic.