On the third day of the conflict, the Russian Army is fighting the last battle in the streets of Kiev, the Ukrainian capital. Russian special forces units try to reach the heart of the city with the aim of overthrowing the legitimate government of the country. The latest data suggests that the invaders would be only three kilometers from the Ukrainian Parliament.
Early yesterday morning, Russia began its attack on Ukraine by bombing strategic points in the country to disable its military power. Russian aviation, according to instructions from President Vladimir Putin, attacked specific targets in Kiev, Kharkov, Kherson and other Ukrainian cities. In the current scenario, Russian troops approach Ukraine from three points: from the south, from the Crimea to Kherson, from the east, through the Donbass and a little further up to Kharkov, and from the north, through Belarus and towards Kiev. , where attention is now focused.
The Russian president launched a message at dawn announcing a massive attack, he warned, “in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter, with the approval of the Federation Council“. That is, from the Russian Upper House. It is, he says, “a special military intervention” through which the Russians are fighting “for the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.”
In that message, Putin assured that the Russians’ plans “do not include the occupation of Ukraine.” “We do not force anyone to do anything,” he warned. Meanwhile, the invading forces advance through the neighboring country, sowing destruction in their path. Taking into account that the military capacity of both countries is very different. The resources of the invading army, which has already managed to destroy a large part of the Ukrainian defenses, stand out above those of its neighbors.
According to Global Firepower, a site specializing in military monitoring that produces a ranking of the armies of 140 countries every year,
the russian is the second most powerful in the world behind the American. Ukraine appears in 22nd place. In budget alone, according to this information, Russia allocates 154,000 million dollars to defense, compared to 11,800 million for Ukraine. With data to 2020, the Stockholm International Institute for Peace Research details that
Moscow’s spending was approaching 61,000 million in 2020, compared to 5,900 in Kiev. In any case, the data is multiplied by ten.
One of the banners of the invading army is the military air park. The thousands of Russian aircraft are facing just a few hundred of the Ukrainians. A figure, the latter, which is much lower after the Russian lightning attack.
By land, the Ukrainian military power was at the beginning of the conflict 30% of that held by the army led by Vladimir Putin.
In terms of naval strength, both countries have access to both the Sea of Azov and the Dead Sea. In the first hours of the conflict it was reported that some Russian troops had landed near Odessa. Ukraine barely has four dozen ships, compared to 70 Russian submarines, in addition to 11 frigates, 15 destroyers, 86 corvettes or 49 mine detector ships. We must also take into account the merchant navy that could add forces in times of war: the Russians have a fund of 2,873 ships, seven times more than the Ukrainians.