State dossier
Ukraine
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What does it want?
Position: keep it in Geneva (CCW-ONLY). Supports continuing the consensus process in the Geneva weapons convention, and has not said what it should produce.
Keep it in Geneva (CCW-ONLY), since 2026-08-31, interpreted (INFERRED)
At the final 2026 session of the expert group, Ukraine said the rolling text was a solid basis for the outcome, that the instrument would only be effective if states were ready to accept it, and that the priority was to send the text to the Review Conference. It did not say whether the instrument should be binding or should ban anything. In 2025 the President called for global rules on how AI is used in weapons, without naming a forum or a form. The reading is inferred because it rests on what Ukraine left open as much as on what it said.
Ukraine calls the rolling text a solid basis for the expert group's outcome.
It is the position of Ukraine that the rolling text offers a solid basis for the outcome
CCW Group of Governmental Experts on LAWS, 2026 second session, 1st meeting, automatic speech recognition transcript, 2026-08-31 source
Ukraine ties the instrument's effectiveness to how many states accept it.
eventually the effectiveness of the instrument will depend on the readiness of states to accept it
CCW Group of Governmental Experts on LAWS, 2026 second session, 1st meeting, automatic speech recognition transcript, 2026-08-31 source
Ukraine says the priority is to send the text to the Review Conference without reopening it.
it is now time to prioritize the submission of the text to the Review Conference
CCW Group of Governmental Experts on LAWS, 2026 second session, 8th meeting, automatic speech recognition transcript, 2026-09-03 source
Ukraine refers to future legal regulation of LAWS without saying what form it should take.
these principles form a minimal basis for future legal regulation of the laws
CCW Group of Governmental Experts on LAWS, 2026 second session, 8th meeting, automatic speech recognition transcript, 2026-09-03 source
In his 2025 General Assembly address, the President of Ukraine called for global rules on AI in weapons, naming no forum and no instrument type.
We need global rules now for how AI can be used in weapons
General Assembly, 80th session, general debate, 7th plenary meeting, automatic speech recognition transcript, 2025-09-24 source
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How did it vote?
Yes, Abstain, did not vote across the three resolutions.
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What has it signed?
Being on a list is a fact. Not being on one is not opposition.
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When has it spoken?
Every time it went on the record, dated.
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What rules has it written at home?
Its own military policy.
Military policy not yet reviewed by this site, as of 2026-11-04.
The record
The documents on file.
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