The 3D scanners produced by Artec are currently undergoing a trial test ahead of being implemented in the evidence collection. As Ukraine’s army and civil authorities clear up the scenes of bombarded buildings and other sites targeted by Russian military forces, evidence is disappearing or can be contaminated. “That’s exactly where our technology comes in,” said Artyom Yukhin, CEO and founder of Artec 3D during a press conference held by LUkraine. “We believe that this is not a Ukrainian war, we believe that this is a global war already. So everybody, including individual people, and including businesses are responsible to contribute to the sector.”

The handheld 3D scanners would allow Ukrainian police to collect evidence with an increased precision and to cover spaces as large as hundreds of square metres and can be done in a matter of minutes. Such evidence can include remains of people, damaged cars or buildings.

“The major help [of Artec’s technology] will be improving the speed and efficiency of our work, because we are talking not about daily but about hourly crimes that are being committed,” stated Ruslan Goriachenko, head of the human rights conduct department of the National Police of Ukraine.

Standard procedure for evidence admission in court already includes photographic images and work is underway by the International Criminal Court in creating a framework for 3D digital evidence.

LUkraine making the project possible 

Luxembourg non-profit organisation LUkraine, acted as a bridge between Artec 3D and the Ukrainian police. “We had the demand to help all the different ministries, as Ukrainian community and all the Ukrainian communities throughout the world. We had this opportunity with Artec 3D who already had experience in saving Ukrainian culture, heritage in Ukraine. And we proposed this cooperation to the National Police of Ukraine,” said Nicolas Zharov, president of LUkraine.

Artec 3D donated €30,000 to LUkraine in June and has developed a long-term contribution strategy to help support Ukrainians which will see 1% of the sale of every one of its Leo 3D scanners go towards humanitarian aid in Ukraine.