every conflict eventually boils down to numbers the number of troops the number of battalions artillery armored vehicles defense spending all of it all of it decides the shoe outcome in a war this gives us a sense of what to expect from a conflict with which side the odds are staggered against and which side they're tilted in so if we look at the russia ukraine conflict in terms of numbers how do the both sides compare if a war breaks out is it going to be a fair battle our next report has some numbers and answers russia and ukraine are the two largest countries in europe the neighbors were once part of the 15 soviet republics which made up the ussr in 1991 following the collapse of the soviet union ukraine became an independent nation and distance itself from russia since then it has grown into a potent military force with the second largest military in the region and second only to the russian armed forces but how capable are ukraine's armed forces to tackle russia in case of an invasion here's a head-to-head comparison according to the 2022 global firepower index russia has a military spending of 61.7 billion dollars that's 11.4 percent of its total government spending in comparison ukraine was spending 5.9 billion dollars on its armed forces which physics equals to 8.8 of the ukrainian government's entire spending if we speak of military manpower russia has 900 000 active personnel ukraine has two hundred and nine thousand russia has two million reserve personnel ukraine has nine hundred thousand if you speak of artillery or heavy military ranged weapons russia has 7571 ukraine has only 2040. next we have armored vehicles which combine operational mobility with offensive and defensive capabilities russia has 30 122 armored vehicles ukraine has 12 303 when it comes to tanks the primary offensive weapon of any army russia once again has the edge it has over 12 420 tanks compared to 2596 tanks in ukraine's arsenal when it comes to attack helicopters russia has 544 of them ukraine has just 34. and lastly if you speak of fighter aircraft the most potent weapon in air-to-air combat russia again outranks ukraine it has over 1500 fighter aircraft ukraine has just 98. russia outweighs ukraine in almost every aspect this may give an impression of an impending ukrainian defeat in case of a war but that may not exactly be the case a number of countries are arming ukraine to prevent the conflict from spilling over this includes estonia which has sent javelin anti-tank missiles to ukraine latvia and lithuania who've sent stinger anti-aircraft missiles to ukraine the uk which has sent 2 000 anti-tank weapons and the united states which is deploying 300 000 troops in eastern europe to bolster ukraine to put it simply in case of a war ukraine may not be as vulnerable as the numbers indicate bureau report we on world is one veon is now available in your country download the app now and get all the news on the move
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