# Shield AI V-BAT at Ukraine: deployment

Canonical ID: `b75a8c99-e895-427e-9df8-03667c2c668b`

V-BAT operations in Ukraine in partnership with Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces: 130+ sorties in electronic-warfare-denied conditions, including locating a Russian SA-11 Buk air-defense system that was then struck.

## Key facts

- **Operator:** Ukrainian forces (Unmanned Systems Forces)
- **Result:** 130+ V-BAT sorties in EW-denied conditions; located an SA-11 Buk

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 3 sources · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-05-31_

- **Slug:** shield-ai-v-bat-ukraine
- **Status:** active
- **Model:** [Shield AI V-BAT](/models/shield-ai-v-bat.md) (id: `13b0e05a-898e-4195-b200-70b7fd9bbf6d`)
- **Company:** [Shield AI](/companies/shield-ai.md) (id: `d931700f-6b76-42d2-bdac-2123c2f26f1b`)
- **Location:** [Ukraine](/locations/ukraine.md) (id: `7bc08a31-4d9a-48bc-86fc-f2114789d4b5`)

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (3)

1. https://shield.ai/shield-ai-surpasses-130-v-bat-sorties-in-ukraine-in-partnership-with-ukrainian-forces/
2. https://shield.ai/shield-ai-starts-training-with-ukraines-unmanned-systems-forces-establishes-local-presence-in-ukraine/
3. https://www.army-technology.com/news/shield-ai-v-bat-ukraine/

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