A Ukrainian company has received a certificate of conformity for its own development — the UDM VORMELA lightweight remote-controlled mine clearance vehicle, according to the Ministry of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture.
According to its technical specifications, the machine is capable of clearing 1,500 to 2,500 square meters of territory per hour, depending on the type of soil and vegetation density. The processing depth is up to 25 cm. The main working body of the machine is a hammer mulcher, which protects the platform from anti-personnel mines, hand grenades, and artillery fragmentation submunitions. The machine’s body is made of Mars 500 armored steel.
The UDM VORMELA weighs 6 tons and does not require special transport for transportation. The model has two chassis configurations (solid rubber wheels or slip-on tracks) and can be equipped with additional attachments: skeleton and conventional buckets, a pallet loader, and a rotary blade.
The manufacturer noted that, despite the use of foreign components (John Deere engine, Poclain hydraulics), the machine has a high level of localization. The company plans to apply for participation in the state program “Made in Ukraine,” which will allow buyers to receive a 15% cashback.
Service and repair of the equipment will be carried out in Ukraine.
As reported, as of the end of December 2025, the sector’s capacity had grown to 294 demining machines. A significant part of this equipment is already being produced domestically, and nine more domestic machines are at various stages of certification. A total of 132 certified demining operators work in the sector.
Currently, about 137,000 square kilometers of territory in Ukraine remain potentially mined, of which only 15-20% require immediate demining.
Efarm Pro and “Kobzarenko Plant” LLC presented a demining machine “People’s deminer”, which has already passed the first successful tests at a military training ground and is now at the certification stage, First Deputy Prime Minister of Economy Yulia Sviridenko said.
“Efarm Pro and Kobzarenko Plant LLC, which are participants of our innovation bootcamp, presented the “People’s deminer”. It has already passed the first successful tests at a military training ground. The machine is currently undergoing certification,” she wrote on Facebook.
According to her information, the system implies automatic work on large areas with an accuracy of up to 2 centimeters along a given route. The prototype was developed on the basis of the Ukrainian tractor T-156, but it was fully modernized. The machine can be controlled remotely.
“This is another step towards the safety of both our people and our lands,” Sviridenko summarized.
Kobzarenko Plant was founded in 1993 as a Ukrainian-German enterprise “Fligel” (renamed to “Kobzarenko Plant” in 2008). The company started its activity with the production of wheelbarrows and carts for homesteading. Currently it is the leading Ukrainian manufacturer of tractor trailers, hoppers, tankers, fertilizer spreaders, etc. As of 2018, the plant employed 700 workers.
It has two production workshops and warehouse complexes in Sumy region, as well as a plant in Poland Kobzarenko Sp. z.o.o., which manufactures machinery and works as a service center for start-up, maintenance, debugging of machinery in Europe and Poland.
Efarm pro brand belongs to Gardarika Tres LLC (Gardarika Tres LLC) – manufacturer and distributor of agro-equipment. It specializes in the production and sale of precision farming systems. Registered in 2014 in Kiev, has a production site in Sumy region.
Demining Machine, Efarm Pro, Kobzarenko Plant, Yulia Sviridenko
Efarm Pro and Zavod Kobzarenko Ltd. have presented the demining machine “Narodnyi Deminrovshchik”, which has already passed the first successful tests at a military training ground and is now at the certification stage, First Deputy Prime Minister of Economy Yulia Sviridenko said.
“Efarm Pro and Kobzarenko Plant LLC, which are participants of our innovation bootcamp, presented the “People’s deminer”. It has already passed the first successful tests at a military training ground. The machine is currently undergoing certification,” she wrote on Facebook.
According to her information, the system implies automatic work on large areas with an accuracy of up to 2 centimeters along a given route. The prototype was developed on the basis of the Ukrainian tractor T-156, but it was fully modernized. The machine can be controlled remotely.
“This is another step towards the safety of both our people and our lands,” Sviridenko summarized.
Kobzarenko Plant was founded in 1993 as a Ukrainian-German enterprise “Fligel” (renamed to “Kobzarenko Plant” in 2008). The company started its activity with the production of wheelbarrows and carts for homesteading. Currently it is the leading Ukrainian manufacturer of tractor trailers, hoppers, tanks, fertilizer spreaders, etc. As of 2018, the plant employed 700 workers.
It has two production workshops and warehouse complexes in Sumy region, as well as a plant in Poland Kobzarenko Sp. z.o.o., which manufactures machinery and works as a service center for start-up, maintenance, debugging of machinery in Europe and Poland.
Efarm pro brand belongs to Gardarika Tres LLC (Gardarika Tres LLC) – manufacturer and distributor of agro-equipment. It specializes in the production and sale of precision farming systems. Registered in 2014 in Kiev, it has a production site in Sumy region.
