In the first issue of the journal "Bulletin of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine" for 2026, an interview with the President of the NAS of Ukraine, academician Anatoliy Zahorodniy, summarizing the results of 2025 was published. The conversation outlines the key achievements of the Academy's work during the war, its contribution to defense capability, the country's reconstruction, and the development of fundamental science.
According to the President of the NAS of Ukraine, the past year was a year of preserving science and concentrating efforts on areas that have direct significance for the state – security, energy and technological resilience, medicine, and infrastructure restoration.
The interview details fundamental research that has become the basis for practical solutions. In particular, it discusses developments in mathematics, materials science, physics, mechanics, biochemistry, etc., which are already being applied in energy, industry, medicine, and environmental safety.
A separate section of the interview is devoted to defense technologies. Academician Anatoliy Zahorodniy emphasized that more than 40 institutions of the NAS of Ukraine are carrying out work within the framework of the Targeted Scientific and Technical Program of Defense Research. Among the key areas are solutions for unmanned systems, electronic warfare, visual data analysis, new special-purpose materials, and technologies that are already undergoing combat testing and are being used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Significant attention is given to the Academy's contribution to the country's reconstruction: from remote demining and satellite monitoring of territories to solutions for housing and communal services, energy, industry, and ecology. In the field of medicine, NAS of Ukraine scientists have proposed a number of developments for the treatment of wounds, burns, rehabilitation, and implantology, which are already used in clinical practice.
The President of the NAS of Ukraine also highlighted the active international integration of the Academy – participation in the "Horizon Europe" projects, NATO's "Science for Peace and Security" program, cooperation with CERN, DESY, and other leading scientific centers of the world, which confirms the competitiveness of Ukrainian science at the global level.
Speaking about 2026, Anatoliy Zahorodniy noted that the Academy will focus on accelerating the implementation of scientific developments, strengthening interaction with the state and business, as well as updating management approaches and supporting scientists, for whom a clear perspective of work and development specifically in Ukraine must be outlined.