Direct proof of use
Janes reported on 14 February 2025 that Kvertus's Atlas system combines the Azimuth UAV-detection system with the Mirage electronic-warfare system and that the company confirmed Atlas was already being used by several Ukrainian brigades in the combat zone.
KSE's Project Atlas page describes the project as an effort to equip units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine along the front line with KVERTUS anti-drone systems. The ATLAS-1300 project page identifies LTEJ MIRAGE as the radio-jamming technology in the system and describes the project as protecting civilians and soldiers on the front line.
Defense Express later reported that the first Atlas systems had arrived at a Separate Artillery Brigade of Ukraine's National Guard and described the configuration as four Mirage stations with one Azimuth electronic-intelligence unit for protection of artillery positions on the Pokrovsk operational axis.
Sources: Janes Atlas UAV neutralisation report, KSE Project Atlas, ATLAS-1300 anti-drone project, Defense Express National Guard Atlas report
Timeline
In February 2025, open reporting placed Atlas in Ukrainian combat-zone use. Defense Express reported the Atlas project presentation on 2 February, describing Mirage as the electronic-warfare element of a system meant to protect troops along more than 1,300 km of the current front line. Janes then reported on 14 February that Atlas was already used by several Ukrainian brigades.
KSE lists the Atlas collection start as 3 March 2025 and describes the functional project unit as an MS AZIMUTH electronic-reconnaissance system paired with an LTEJ MIRAGE electronic-warfare system. By July 2025, Defense Express reported a delivered Atlas set for a Ukrainian National Guard artillery unit.
Sources: Defense Express Atlas presentation report, Janes Atlas UAV neutralisation report, KSE Project Atlas, Defense Express National Guard Atlas report
Narrative
The conflict-use record for LTEJ MIRAGE is tied to Ukraine's counter-drone electronic-warfare layer rather than to a kinetic air-defense weapon. Atlas pairs MS Azimuth detection with LTEJ MIRAGE jamming: Kvertus describes Azimuth as the signal-intelligence component that detects drones and their control links, while Mirage applies programmed interference against the identified target signals.
The sourced role is force protection against Russian unmanned aircraft on and near the front line. KSE describes Atlas as a front-line anti-drone project for Ukrainian Defense Forces units, while ATLAS-1300 describes a planned package of 5,600 LTEJ MIRAGE units and 260 MS AZIMUTH units for a 1,300 km security line. These sources support fielding and deployment intent; they do not provide a public count of successful drone suppressions.
The clearest unit-level public reporting available for this record is the July 2025 Defense Express report on Ukrainian National Guard artillery. It states that a first Atlas set had arrived at a Separate Artillery Brigade, that the set included four Mirage stations and one Azimuth unit, and that it would be used to protect artillery positions after operator training.
Sources: KVERTUS LTEJ MIRAGE product page, Kvertus Atlas Complex article, KSE Project Atlas, ATLAS-1300 anti-drone project, Defense Express National Guard Atlas report
