Ukraine has launched TrophyLab, a groundbreaking database exposing the secrets behind Russia’s most advanced weapons. From hypersonic missiles to battle tanks, captured Russian equipment is now being shared with NATO allies, defense companies, and research labs worldwide. As Ukraine turns years of battlefield experience into a powerful intelligence asset, Putin faces a nightmare scenario: Russia’s military secrets are helping its enemies build the next generation of countermeasures. How far will TrophyLab change the balance of power?
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00:00 - Russian Weapon Database Launched by Ukraine TrophyLab
05:21 - Inside the 115 Captured Russian Weapons Samples
08:31 - Countering 115000 Russian Troops on NATO Borders
12:05 - Ukraine Trains AI With 500000 Drone Hours
14:53 - Why is the Russian Su-57 Fighter a Failure?
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00:00 - Russian Weapon Database Launched by Ukraine TrophyLab
05:21 - Inside the 115 Captured Russian Weapons Samples
08:31 - Countering 115000 Russian Troops on NATO Borders
12:05 - Ukraine Trains AI With 500000 Drone Hours
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00:00If you crack the code of your enemy's military, weaknesses are exposed and victory becomes
00:05inevitable. Ukraine knows that. The momentum it has built in 2026 rests on a deep understanding
00:12of everything from Russia's strategy to the military equipment and systems Moscow has in
00:17place. But now Ukraine is going to blow everything up. Ukraine hasn't just cracked Russia's biggest
00:23military systems, it's exposing them to every single enemy that Putin faces. In a genius move,
00:29Ukraine just gave NATO the keys to Russia's entire arsenal. Secrets have been exposed.
00:35Strategies for dealing with Russia can be created. Russia's weapons have just been turned against
00:41the very country that has been using them against Ukraine for more than four years.
00:45How? Trophy Lab. That's the name of a new Ukrainian database that contains deep technical data about
00:53all of the Russian weapons that Ukraine has been forced to face since February 2022. Ukraine's
00:58Defense Minister Mikhailo Fedorov shared the details in an ex-post announcing the launch of this new
01:04database. Ukraine launches Trophy Lab. We are opening access to captured Russian weapon technologies for
01:10our global partners. Every missile, drone and vehicle seized on the battlefield is now a source of
01:15knowledge for the free world, Fedorov declared. This is already huge for so many reasons that we're
01:21going to break down, but there's more. According to Ukraine's Defense Minister, allies won't just have
01:25access to a few files offering technical specifications. They'll be able to access the
01:30very weapons that Ukraine has retrieved directly, enabling further study that can be fed back into
01:36the database for all to see. Through this secure platform, allied governments, labs, and defense
01:41tech manufacturers gain access to deep technical data, reports, and vulnerabilities. Users can also
01:46request physical equipment for testing, significantly shortening the development cycle for countermeasures,
01:52Fedorov adds. What we're seeing here is very simple. Ukraine has cracked the code on dozens
01:56of Russian weapons, which is what has allowed it to stay one step ahead of Putin. Now Ukraine is
02:02gearing up to share all of that information with the sorts of allies that have more money,
02:06more equipment, and crucially, aren't working within an active war zone to further expose the
02:11flaws in all of Russia's weapons systems. This is going to be a two-way street. Ukraine exposes what it
02:17knows, its allies build on that knowledge database, and everybody who stands against Russia benefits.
02:23Putin will be absolutely fuming. Once again, Ukraine has pulled something out of the hat that
02:28Russia's president could never see coming, and all he can do is watch as secrets that were never
02:32supposed to be revealed on the global stage fall right into the hands of Russia's enemies.
02:37And what will really make Putin's blood boil is that Ukraine gets to rub some salt into Russia's
02:42wounds. Trophy lab wouldn't be possible if Russia had never invaded Ukraine. And as Putin orders yet
02:48more assaults on the ground and strikes from the air, the database that Ukraine has created will only
02:53get stronger. After all, strikes leave debris behind. And that's what Ukraine can claim and study to
02:59learn more about Russian weapons. The great irony here is that Russia's strategy is going to become
03:04its undoing, specifically on the drone and missile fronts. Putin has leaned heavily into both of these
03:09types of weapons as Russia's ground campaign falters. France 24 reports that May alone saw Russia launch
03:158,150 strike drones at Ukraine, which is a record, along with 211 missiles and thousands of guided
03:23bombs. All of these weapons would leave debris behind. Shells, casings, chips, all valuable information
03:29that can reveal what Russia builds, how it builds it, and what can be used to counter the weapon in
03:34question. When that debris falls into the hands of technically-minded people who can pick it all apart,
03:38massive secrets are exposed. Frankly, Putin should have known that Ukraine, of all countries that he
03:44might target, would be capable of picking Russia's weapons apart. He's seen the constant innovation
03:49from Ukraine first-hand during his so-called special military operation. He might also know,
03:55as the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine points out, that Ukrainian science and
04:00engineering accounted for between 13 and 15 percent of the former Soviet Union's research and development
04:05potential. Ukrainian scientists would have known what Russia was building right up until the early 90s.
04:11They may have even worked on many of the weapons that Russia is using right now. Attack the
04:15technically-minded and you get exposed. Trophy Lab is going to unpack every military secret that
04:21Russia wants to keep hidden. Ukraine has been preparing this initiative for quite some time.
04:26On May 28, Euromiden Press reported that Ukraine's cabinet of ministers
04:30had adopted a set of new rules related to the handling of Russian military equipment.
04:34Those rules outlined procedures for how captured Russian equipment would be transferred and,
04:39crucially, created a legal framework for how the information derived from these weapons
04:43could be used to develop Ukraine's defenses and enhance international cooperation.
04:48Though Fedorov made mention of trophies at the time, the move was initially seen as a way for Ukraine to
04:53streamline its use of captured and abandoned Russian equipment to serve its own defensive needs.
04:58But with Trophy Lab, Ukraine has revealed something much bigger.
05:02And what Russia's enemies have now is a massive windfall of information, built on years of Ukraine's
05:07struggle. That information is now at the fingertips of Western nations and defense companies,
05:12and it can be used to develop weapons that counter Russia's most dangerous assets.
05:16That's huge for both NATO and Ukraine, as we're going to explain in a few minutes.
05:21However, there's the little matter of how Trophy Lab is going to work to cover first.
05:25Here's what we know so far. Fedorov has already covered some of the basics.
05:29Trophy Lab will serve as a shared repository of Russian weaponry,
05:33and it includes practically everything that Ukraine has been able to get its hands on.
05:37That means missiles, drones, abandoned vehicles, and plenty of other systems
05:41that Russia has used and left behind in Ukrainian territory.
05:45The database isn't open to everybody. Anybody who wants access must apply. But once they have
05:50access, that user can download technical documentation, access studies and reports,
05:55and even request that Ukraine send them samples of the weapons in the database for direct study.
06:00We also have some numbers.
06:01The Trophy Lab official website says that the initial version of the database will include more than 115
06:06samples, all of which have been captured on the battlefield and then transferred to Ukrainian
06:11facilities for research. Those samples are broken down into a catalog that has 79 equipment categories
06:18and subcategories. The latter also allows Ukraine to highlight specific components and materials
06:23used in Russia's weapons. So it's not just the weapons themselves that are being exposed,
06:27it's the specific components used to make them. Ukraine will also make more than 225 completed
06:34studies provided by laboratories, scientific institutions, and engineering centers available.
06:39What we see here is a platform of research from which far more can be done. Ukraine has managed to
06:44compile all of this information, even as it's defending itself against Russia and being pelted by
06:49long-range attacks. That's impressive. And when you learn about some of the weapons that are going to
06:54be exposed via this database, it also shows just how far Ukraine is willing to go to create a
07:00resource that benefits every enemy of Russia. In its report on Trophy Lab, Defense News reveals that
07:05among the 115 captured samples are Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and Russia's T-90M main battle
07:11tank. These are among the best weapons that Russia has. Now Putin's foes can read all about them,
07:17or those foes can get direct access to these samples for their own study. Defense News says that verified
07:23partners can request samples for physical testing, with the nature of that testing dependent on what the
07:28partner wants to discover. Non-destructive inspection is likely to be the most common.
07:33However, Trophy Lab also allows partners to apply for samples that they can disassemble,
07:37or even put through full destruction testing. The latter could prove especially valuable to anybody
07:43trying to develop countermeasures and electronic warfare devices designed to take out Russia's
07:47weapons. As for applications, they are open right now. That doesn't mean anybody can send across
07:53their details. Well, that's not strictly accurate. The Trophy Lab website has a registration page.
07:58And anybody watching this could try to fill out the form. However, the form makes it clear that
08:02only foreign government institutions and defense companies can apply. Plus, Ukraine requests several
08:08documents and signed letters to assure no conflict of interest and to aid in its vetting process.
08:13So you could try to apply, but you'll be filtered out, as will any entity that tries to get around
08:18the
08:18process that Ukraine has in place. That means Russia isn't going to be able to learn what Ukraine knows
08:23about its weapons. There will be no tweaking based on the information in Ukraine's database for Putin.
08:28Ukraine has all of the mechanics in place. But now that we know how Trophy Lab is going to work,
08:33we move on to the even bigger question. Why does this new database matter so much?
08:38Before we dig into the answers, this is a reminder that you are watching The Military Show.
08:42If you're getting insight from the channel, then remember to subscribe so you can catch more of our daily videos.
08:49We'll start with the obvious. The emergence of Trophy Lab is massive for Ukraine,
08:53as it tries to build deeper ties with its allies, especially those that are in NATO. Fedorov makes
08:59that clear as he points out that Russia is using its entire arsenal against Ukraine, and that Ukraine
09:05has been systematically taking the parts of that arsenal it's captured apart so that it can learn
09:10how to stop them. NATO needs that information. The Collective Defense Alliance and its members have
09:15already delivered a huge amount of support to Ukraine, and they are always looking to do more.
09:20The Secretary General of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Benedetta Berti, made that clear on June 17th,
09:26noting that 99% of the military assistance that Ukraine receives comes from NATO allies,
09:31and that reaffirming the organization's support for Ukraine is a priority ahead of a planned NATO
09:36summit to be held in Ankara from July 7th to July 8th. Trophy Lab is one of Ukraine's ways of
09:42giving
09:43back to the NATO alliance. And it shows that the relationships between Ukraine and its NATO allies
09:48are far from one-way streets. Ukraine is exposing secrets that are going to massively aid NATO's own
09:54defense of its interests against Russia. And frankly, Trophy Lab couldn't have come at a better time.
10:00At the end of 2025, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutter pointed out that Russia is escalating its hybrid
10:06warfare tactics against alliance members, and he suggested that Russia could well strike a NATO nation
10:11within five years. That amounts to a deadline of the end of 2030, or perhaps before, for NATO to get
10:18its act together and prepare the sort of defense it will need to guard against Russian aggression.
10:23Some say that the timeline is even narrower than Rutter suggests. Germany's Defense Minister Boris
10:28Pistorius is one of them, as he claims that German experts say it can happen in 2029. This is apparently
10:34a consensus opinion held by several NATO members, Canada's CBC reports, and it's backed by moves that
10:40Russia is making right now. Infrastructure allowing for the deployment of up to 115,000 troops on the
10:46Nordic and Baltic borders is being put in place to directly threaten NATO's eastern and northern flanks.
10:52Russia has been testing nuclear weapons processes in Belarus. Even though he is embroiled in a war
10:57against Ukraine that is anything but going according to plan, Putin is digging himself into an even deeper
11:02hole of aggression, and NATO is the obvious target. With all of that in mind, NATO needs as much
11:08information as it can get about Russian weapons and tactics. TrophyLab will provide it.
11:13This treasure trove will allow NATO's members to develop countermeasures against Russia's weapons
11:17that perhaps haven't been imagined before. Obviously, this is important for NATO, but for Ukraine,
11:22it may also mean that innovators outside of its own territory could come up with concepts that could
11:27be used to counter Russia. And there's nothing that Putin can do about any of this. Every attack that
11:32Russia launches, be it on the ground or aerial, provides an opportunity for Ukraine to capture more
11:38and share more data with NATO. The only way this flow of information can be stopped is if Putin
11:42brings an end to his invasion. That isn't going to happen. Every day from the launch of TrophyLab
11:48is going to be a day when more of Russia's biggest secrets get exposed to and by the very people
11:53who
11:53shouldn't be seeing that information. That's not just dangerous for Russia. It's humiliating for a
11:58leader who has so long positioned himself as the only one who can defend Russia against NATO.
12:03But beyond all of this, TrophyLab is just another example of something that Ukraine has been doing
12:08for a while now. All of the battlefield experience Ukraine has earned through its own sacrifices
12:13during Russia's invasion is being turned into a transferable asset that makes Ukraine more valuable
12:19to its partners than ever before. TrophyLab may be the culmination of Ukraine's knowledge sharing,
12:24but it's far from the only example. In 2026 alone, we have learned that Ukraine has provided more than
12:29500,000 hours of footage shot by its drones that is now being used to train AI systems that will
12:36be
12:36installed into yet more drones. These frontline videos show how Russian weapons can be targeted
12:41and provide insight into the tactics that Russia uses. On the AI training front, they also allow
12:47autonomous systems to identify targets, enabling them to strike without human intervention. What makes
12:52the Ukraine footage especially valuable is that it's real. You get every weather condition,
12:56every terrain type, every unpredictable scenario that a simulation can't replicate,
13:00says Peter Kant, who is the CEO of a company called Enabled Intelligence, which has been using
13:05this wellspring of footage in its work. And that's the big point. All of this knowledge is battle-tested
13:11by Ukraine, which makes it far more valuable than simulations and assumptions. We're also seeing
13:16plenty of evidence of Ukraine's ability to turn its experience into a transferable asset in the Gulf
13:21region. After the US launched Operation Epic Fury against Iran, the Gulf nations surrounding Iran
13:28found themselves under regular attack from Iranian Shahid drones and missiles. Both are weapons that
13:33Russia has been using against Ukraine, which suddenly made the expertise Ukraine holds extremely valuable
13:39to nations that might have never engaged Ukraine as a defense partner in the past. Sure enough,
13:44Ukraine sent over 200 drone experts to the Gulf region to show the likes of Qatar and Saudi Arabia how
13:49to defend themselves against the Iranian drone threat. This outreach has resulted in Ukraine
13:55signing decade-long defense partnerships with three Gulf nations, including the two nations we just
13:59mentioned and the United Arab Emirates. Will those nations gain access to Trophy Lab? Maybe. And if they,
14:06along with all of Ukraine's Western allies, make full use of this new database, then Russia faces the
14:11prospect of a literal global research effort focused entirely on neutralizing every weapon that is used in
14:17Ukraine. This is all a consequence of Putin's actions. If he hadn't invaded Ukraine, all of this
14:23information could have remained secret. Russia would have been able to maintain the illusion of being one
14:28of the world's foremost military powers, and nobody would have been the wiser. But Russia's incompetence has
14:34already been exposed by more than four years of failure in Ukraine. And now the very weapons that Russia
14:39uses have been mined for transferable information, with Ukraine at the heart of it all. Again, Russia is caught in
14:46a
14:46trap. The more it fights, the more information goes to Ukraine, and the stronger Ukraine's alliances
14:51become with its partners. Trophy Lab is now the conduit for a catastrophe of Putin's own making.
14:56It's also a symbol of Ukraine becoming a power player in the global defense industry. For much of
15:02the war, Ukraine has been positioned as the recipient. Now that situation has changed. While Ukraine still
15:07receives plenty of aid, as demonstrated by a $4 billion commitment made to its defense by several
15:12NATO nations at the June 18th Rammstein format meeting, Ukraine can now give as good as it gets.
15:18Ukrainian drone diplomacy is what enabled it to form its agreements in the Gulf region, for instance.
15:23Trophy Lab may end up being the catalyst for yet more partnerships, in which Ukraine provides the
15:28information and then allies build the weapons. But there's potential for so much more due to the
15:33aspect of Trophy Lab that allows allies to inspect Russian weapons themselves. Maybe it will be the allies
15:38who come up with the ideas, and Ukraine builds and tests them on the battlefield. This is symbiosis
15:44between Ukraine and its partners. Formerly one-way relationships now have a very clear give and take,
15:49which has established Ukraine as an invaluable partner to all those who support the nation in its
15:54defense against Russia. And when it comes to Russia and Ukraine, we are seeing Putin's influence
15:59fade as Ukraine's influence grows. And it's all happening in real time. Russia has lost key allies
16:05around the world, including Venezuela, Iran, and Syria, due to leaders that Putin propped up being
16:10ousted. But Ukraine's influence now is stronger than it's ever been. Nations that might have once
16:15looked toward Russia for help with their defense are turning toward Ukraine. Putin's war has achieved
16:20the exact opposite of weakening NATO, and Ukraine is now critical to ensuring that NATO becomes stronger
16:26than ever. Putin's worst nightmares are all coming true. And as Russia's weapons are exposed and Ukraine
16:33ensures that Russia can't even discover what has been learned about these weapons,
16:37Putin has to face the fact that his efforts to divide have only led to more unity. Ukraine has
16:43become what Putin always feared. Now, NATO has the keys to the entire Russian arsenal.
16:49Russia's latest humiliation is on the verge of being launched. TrophyLab is an expose of the failure of
16:55the Russian military unlike any other. But Russia should be used to getting egg on its face when it
16:59comes to its weapons by now. After all, it's spent billions on a supposed fifth-generation stealth
17:04fighter, only to generate results so pathetic that they reveal just how far Russia is behind the US
17:10and China. The Su-57 is all hype and no follow-through, and you can find out why if you
17:16watch our video.
17:17And if you enjoyed this video, remember to subscribe to The Military Show to see more of our reporting on
17:22latest developments in Ukraine. And thank you, as always, for watching.
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