Q1
LEGITIMACY — Is the entity real and operating?
HIGH inactive_company_status
MED director_turnover_anomaly
MED thin_contract_value
Problem
Ukraine runs on incomplete information. Registries are fragmented across state systems, in Ukrainian, with no unified view.
The counterparties that carry real exposure often look clean in a surface search.
The information exists; it is simply not assembled. Assembling it is the work.
Collection framework
Five questions. One determination.
The engine asks what an intelligence officer would ask of a Ukrainian counterparty — legitimacy, beneficial ownership, Russian control exposure, conduct, capacity. Then it shows the signals that fired.
Q2
OWNERSHIP & CONTROL — Who ultimately controls it, within five hops?
CRIT russian_control_of_subject
HIGH russian_jurisdiction_in_control_chain
MED ownership_opacity
Q3
SANCTIONS & PEP — Sanctions exposure anywhere in the chain?
CRIT direct_sanctions_hit
HIGH chain_sanctions_hit
MED pep_association
Q4
TRACK RECORD — What does the conduct record show?
HIGH court_fraud_proceeding
HIGH nacp_undisclosed_interest
LOW–MED adverse_media_hit
Q5
FINANCIAL HEALTH — Can it deliver, or is it financially distressed?
CRIT bankruptcy_proceeding
HIGH negative_equity
MED–HIGH workforce_capacity_mismatch
27 signals across 5 graph queries. Every determination cites the exact signals that fired. Banded severities scale with the underlying amount, volume, or match strength.
Product demo
From EDRPOU to determination.
A quick walkthrough of batch screening, signal review, and assessment history inside the Ukraine counterparty intelligence workspace.
Tradecraft
Our methods, in the open.
Most providers hide their rules. We publish ours — because the advantage isn't the rules, it's the collection.
Full signal reference · 27 rules
Practice
UA/1 is built and operated by Salient One, an intelligence and advisory practice based in Kyiv and the EU. The partners' backgrounds span EU and UN institutions, Big Four advisory, and senior software engineering. The platform combines that institutional experience with permanent on-the-ground presence in Ukraine.
Anatomy
Anatomy of a determination.
COLLECT
QUERY · Prominvestbank / EDRPOU
Resolved entity
EDR match · Ukrainian register
Ten source families assembled into one entity view, with Ukrainian-language records resolved by name and EDRPOU.
CONNECT
CompanyPersonSubject
Beneficial ownership traced up to five hops. Historical links distinguished from current.
CONCLUDE
COUNTERPARTY ASSESSMENT
DETERMINATION: Do not proceed.
Signal fired: Russian control of subject [russian_control_of_subject]
An analyst-grade brief. Every claim cites its signal and its source.
Sources
Collection coverage.
A Ukrainian company check is only as good as its collection. Ten source families form the map; each assessment shows the sources and evidence actually used.
EDR registry (Unified State Register)
Prozorro procurement
OpenSanctions
NACP asset declarations
Court register (ЄДРСР)
NAZK corruption register
DPS tax & ESV debt
DPS financial statements
Minjust bankruptcy register
GDELT adverse media
Coverage is evidence-led: no source, no claim.
Operators
Who runs [UA/1].
Investors & deal teams
Know the counterparty before the term sheet, not after.
Market entrants & exporters
Pick distributors and partners on ground truth, not referrals.
Reconstruction primes & procurement
Vendor capacity and conduct, verified against the state's own records.
Donors & implementing organisations
Partner vetting at intelligence depth, at screening speed.
Comparison
Same counterparty. Two conclusions.
Surface check
CLEAR+No active sanctions designation.
+Company registered in Ukraine.
+No adverse media in Latin-script search.
+Director named, no obvious political match.
[UA/1] brief
DO NOT PROCEED!Sanctioned entity in the ownership chain, two hops removed.
!No natural-person beneficial owner disclosed within five hops.
!Three distinct directors on record — churn pattern.
!Negative equity in the most recent financial statement.
The difference isn't opinion. It's collection.
FAQ
Questions before first run.
How fresh is the data?
Freshness is reported inside the assessment at source level where source metadata is available. State and public sources update on their own cadence.
What can I assess?
Ukrainian legal entities, by name or EDRPOU.
Is this legal advice?
No. It is intelligence: a determination with cited evidence. Any decision based on it rests with the client.
Why publish your signal rules?
Because the advantage is the collection and the graph, not the rulebook.
Briefing vs self-serve?
Self-serve returns the product determination and cited signals. A briefing adds analyst review of the evidence, control chain, and decision context.
UA/1 is in active development. It is functional and in use, and its coverage and methodology are being extended continuously. During this phase, assessments are intended for evaluation and should be verified independently before being relied upon for a decision.
Run it
Screening tools return data. [UA/1] returns a determination, with the evidence behind it.
An assessment is faster than the mistake it prevents.