Russia is the second world military power and faces a country whose offensive has no comparison neither in the number of troops, nor in the quantity and quality of weapons and war equipment.
foreign support
Ukraine has the support of countries such as Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Spain and the United States, in addition to other NATO members, which have mobilized troops to nearby countries such as Latvia. In addition, they sent troops to some naval bases.
Instead, Russia has the support of countries such as: Syria, Venezuela, China, Iran, Israel, Ossetia, Abkhazia and those of the Eurasian Union -which is made up of Belarus and Kazakhstan-.
their armies
With regard to the number of troops, the Russian Army is four times higher than that of Ukraine. This country has 900,000 active soldiers, divided into the army, navy, air force, airborne units, command and support.
Instead, Ukraine has around 200 troops available, also divided into ground, navy, air force, airborne units and special operations forces.
The Russian army has 1,543 helicopters, of which 540 are for combat, and Ukraine has 112 and 34 for combat. As for ground forces, Russia has 12,420 main battle tanks as opposed to Ukraine, which has 2,596.
their armies
In armored cars, the Russians have 30,122 and the Ukrainians, 12,303. On the other hand, in artillery Russia has 6,574 self-propelled batteries and Ukraine 1,067. In missiles, the Russians have 3,391 and the Ukrainians 490.
In addition, the Russian fleet consists of an aircraft carrier, 70 submarines, 15 destroyers, 11 frigates, 86 corvettes, 59 patrol ships and 49 minesweepers. And Ukraine is limited with one frigate, one corvette, 13 patrol boats and one minesweeper.
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