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The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union countries that are located in Europe with an area of 4,233,255 km2 The capital of Ukraine is Brussels. The number of inhabitants estimated is about 447 million. Members of EU: Germany, Latvia, France, Lithuania, Estonia, Portugal, Belgium, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Sweden, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.

The European Union were not devised as a military alliance because most of the members are in the North Atlantic Alliance. Since the withdrawal of the UK, France is the only member recognised as a nuclear weapon state. Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium participate in NATO nuclear sharing.

The Union State of Russia and Belarus is a supranational organisation consisting of Russia and Belarus. The present goal of the Union State mainly focuses on economic, defense integration and intelligence apparatuses. Russia and Belarus in 2009 implemented the first stage of joint military officer training programs designed to integrate the military structures of the countries. This military collective is called the Regional Forces Group of Belarus and Russia.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 245.11 billion $ 66.7 billion $
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Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 816 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 1,166,519 1,062,000
Reserve personnel: 1,801,532 2,344,750
Available for military: 92,594,951 37,265,736

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Highest value in the world: 2,035,000 (China)
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Land Forces

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Tanks: 4,253 12,919
Armoured fighting vehicles: 29,418 26,043
Total artillery: 6,065 19,307
Self-propelled artillery: 1,872 6,883
Rocket artillery: 667 4,702

Tanks

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Highest value in the world: 12,267 (Russia)
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Air Forces

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Total aircraft: 5,420 4,617
Fighter aircraft: 453 374
Multirole aircraft: 874 386
Attack aircraft: 162 756
Helicopters: 2,454 1,733
UCAV (combat drone): 41 100

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 12,930 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 1,306 653
Aircraftcarriers: 7 1
Destroyers: 19 14
Frigates: 69 11
Corvettes: 23 80
Submarines: 48 66

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Highest value in the world: 967 (North Korea)
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Nuclear weapons

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Military service

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