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Ukraine’s Delivery Giant Built Its Own Air Defense—and Says It’s Already Shooting Down Shaheds
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Ukraine’s largest express-delivery company has built its own private air-defense capability—and says it has already shot down Russian Shahed attack drones.
Nova Poshta co-owner Vyacheslav Klymov said that the company is among the relatively small number of Ukrainian businesses to have implemented such a project, according to Interfax-Ukraine on October 27.
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“We are one of the few companies that has implemented this project. I don’t want to disclose the numbers, but we have shot down Shaheds,” Klymov said at the Kyiv International Economic Forum.
He argued that private air-defense projects should continue to expand, saying the war has forced large companies to take on functions that would once have been viewed as exclusively the responsibility of the state.
That shift, he said, extends beyond air defense.
Klymov noted that companies can also create their own firefighting units to respond immediately when Russian strikes hit industrial facilities. Nova Poshta employees already extinguish a significant share of fires caused by attacks before Ukraine’s State Emergency Service arrives, he said.
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“Large businesses are now looking for fire trucks in Europe so they can create their own services. It’s our property—what’s the problem? Who can forbid me from putting out a fire on my own territory?” Klymov said.
The comments illustrate how Ukraine’s private sector is adapting to a wartime environment in which logistics hubs, warehouses, production sites, and other civilian infrastructure are repeatedly exposed to Russian missile and drone attacks.
Nova Poshta remains Ukraine’s leading express-delivery company, handling documents, parcels, and large palletized cargo across the country.
The company has continued expanding despite the war. In the first half of 2026, its consolidated net profit rose 24.3% year over year to $48 million, while revenue increased 31.8% to $856 million.
As of July 13, 2026, Nova Poshta operated 54,700 service points across Ukraine, including 16,800 branches and 37,900 parcel lockers.
Russia systematically attacks Nova Poshta with the latest strikes affecting branches in Vinnytsia region, wounding eight people, three of whom were taken to intensive care.
Another Russian strike targeted a Nova Poshta logistics terminal in Zaporizhzhia and Dnipro, triggering a large fire at the facility.
Previously, Ukrainian forces revealed a mobile version of the Sky Sentinel robotic anti-aircraft turret, mounting the AI-assisted system on a military vehicle to create a rapidly deployable defense against Shahed-type drones and other low-flying aerial threats.
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