TRIUMPH Alliance

On April 23, 2026, a working meeting was held at the Department of Critical Infrastructure Protection of the State Special Communications Administration in Kyiv to discuss the implementation possibilities of the international W-FORTEX program.

Participants

International Side

Bronislav Kulikov — Chairman of TRIUMPH Alliance, Special Representative of WITKOWITZ Group for Strategic Cooperation

Ukrainian Government Representatives

Valeriy Novak — Director, Department of Critical Infrastructure Protection, State Special Communications Administration
Oleh Mamka — Deputy Director, Department of Critical Infrastructure Protection, State Special Communications Administration
Serhii Kuznetsov — Head, Department for Critical Infrastructure Protection, Main Directorate of Defense Assets, Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (Colonel)
Inna Skorozvon — Chief Specialist, Department for Critical Infrastructure Protection, Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
Oleksandr Riasnyi — Deputy Director, Institute for Nuclear Research, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Key Topics Discussed

W-FORTEX program concept (fortification, sensors, drones, EW, power supply, command centers, software)
System's role in state resilience under the "Fortress Country" concept
Priority sectors: strategic energy, defense industry, transport infrastructure
EU financial aid mechanisms and United24 platform integration
Ukraine-Czech Republic coordination model
Involvement of Latvia and South Korea as international partners

Joint Conclusions

✓ W-FORTEX program is relevant, timely, and strategically expedient

✓ Necessity to move towards forming an official project structure

✓ Begin preparing an implementation roadmap

✓ Launch joint working groups as the first step

✓ Institute for Nuclear Research of NAS Ukraine defined as the basic pilot facility

✓ Relevant ministries to provide additional facilities for future phases

✓ Program funding from multiple parallel sources (public-private partnership, multilateral cooperation)

Immediate Next Steps

Formation of joint working groups in: administrative coordination, technical design, software integration, EW systems, regulatory support, calendar planning, financial mechanisms
Official letter from State Special Communications to Czech state bodies
Preparation of roadmap for implementation
Beginning of practical implementation phase

This meeting marked the first official engagement between TRIUMPH Alliance and Ukrainian government bodies on W-FORTEX, confirming governmental support for the program's development.