Ukraine Conflict
Ukraine Vitals
Population 41,487,960
Military budget $5.4 billion - 0.7% of what the USA spends
Active personnel 255,000
Nuclear weapons 0 warheads
Ethnic groups:
Ukrainian 77.8%
Russian 17.3%
Belarusian 0.6%
Moldovan 0.5%
Crimean Tatar 0.5%
Bulgarian 0.4%
Hungarian 0.3%
Romanian 0.3%
Polish 0.3%
Jewish 0.2%
other 1.8%
Military service
18-27 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation is 18 months
Military branches
Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Air Forces
Active Military Personnel: 200,000 Russia: 850,000
It has the 23rd largest military. More than the United Kingdom, or Germany.
It has 250,000 reserve personnel Russia: 250,000
Land forces equipment:
2,105 Tanks (Russia has 12,240)
6,990 Armored Fighting Vehicles (30,122)
3,721 Artillery (997)
1,047 Self-propelled guns (6,574)
630 Rocket artillery (3,391)
Air Force equipment:
318 Total aircraft (Russia has 4,173)
70 Fighters (772)
0 Multirole (Russia has 1,130)
29 Attack (739)
32 Transports (445)
0 Tankers (20)
71 Trainers (552)
112 Helicopters (1,543)
34 Attack helicopters (544)
12 Combat drones (30)
Navy Ships:
38 Total Assets (605)
0 Aircraft carriers (Russia has 1)
0 Helicopter carriers (neither does Russia)
0 Destroyers (Russia has 15)
1 Frigate (11)
1 Corvettes (86)
13 Patrol vessels (59)
0 Submarines (70)
In addition the Ukraine navy has 1 landing ship, 4 minesweepers, 1 missile ship, and 6 auxiliary ships.
The auxiliary ships were all inherited from the Soviet Union.
The navy also has 50 helicopters of various types, 7 fixed wing transports, and 6 maritime patrol aircraft.
Additional Combatants
In addition Ukraine is being threatened by Belarus, supplemented with Russia personnel, and Russian annexed (2014) Crimea.
Belarus Land Forces
|
Strength |
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Active Personnel
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45,000
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Reserves
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290,000
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Tanks
|
601
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Armored vehicles
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1,510
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Artillery
|
228
|
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Self-Propelled artillery
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482
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Rocket artillery
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238
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Belarus Airpower
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Strength |
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Total aircraft
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201
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Fighters
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38
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Attack
|
67
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Transports
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4
|
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Tankers
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0
|
|
Trainers
|
30
|
|
Helicopters
|
62
|
|
Attack helicopters
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21
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Combat drones
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0
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