Launch of the Report 'Weapons Compass: Proliferation and Control of Arms and Ammunition in Wartime Ukraine'

Wednesday, 10 December 2025 — 16:00 to 17:30 CET 

10 грудня 2025 з 17.00 до 18.30 за Київським часом

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Webinar in English

Webinar in Ukrainian

Programme

Opening remarks

Mrs. Elisabeth Börger, deputy head, Conventional Disarmament, Arms Control and CSBM division, German Federal Foreign Office 
Oleksandr Panchenko, project officer, OSCE Secretariat
Dr. Mark Downes, director, Small Arms Survey

Presentation of key proliferation trends identified, moderated by the Small Arms Survey

Matt Schroeder, senior researcher, Small Arms Survey  (weapons and ammunition seizures in Ukraine)  
Dr. Taras Fedirko, lecturer, University of Glasgow  (management of trophy weapons at the frontline) 
Gergely Hideg, survey specialist, Small Arms Survey  (civilian firearms and public perceptions of firearm proliferation)

Interventions from discussants on the policy implications of the findings

Viktoriia Voronina, executive director, Center for Security Studies 'CENSS'
Lt. Col. Merdova Olga Mykolayivna, deputy director of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Criminal Police, Donetsk State University of Internal Affairs
Ievgen Chernikov, prosecution, financial and organised crime officer, EUAM Ukraine

Aline Shaban, who coordinates the Ukraine project at the Survey, will moderate the event.