Military power of Romania & Ukraine
Romania vs Ukraine
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Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe with an area of 238,391 km2 (land boundries: 2,844 km and costline 225 km). The capital of Romania is Bucharest. The number of inhabitants is 19,317,984.
Romania became a member of NATO in 2004. Romania conducts its own air policing mission, but because of Russian aggression in the Black Sea region, NATO allies have sent detachments of fighters to augment the Romanian Air Force since 2014. Romania hosts a NATO multinational divisional and a brigade-sized headquarters. The inventory of the Romanian Armed Forces is comprised mostly of Soviet-era and older domestically-produced weapons systems.
More about Romania militaryUkraine is a country located in Eastern Europe with an area of 603,500 km2 (land boundries: 5,581 km and costline 2,782 km). The capital of Ukraine is Kiev. The number of inhabitants is 41,487,960.
During the 2008 Bucharest summit, NATO declared that Ukraine would eventually become a member of NATO when it meets the criteria for accession. In February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Ukrainian military is equipped mostly with older Russian and Soviet-era weapons systems. Ukraine has a broad defense industry capable of building Soviet-era land systems and maintaining and upgrading Soviet-era combat aircraft, as well as missile and air defense systems.
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Military expenditures
 RO |  UA | |
|---|---|---|
| Military budget: | 6.14 billion $ | 10.4 billion $ |
| Percent of GDP: | 2.5% | 6% |
Manpower
| RO | UA | |
|---|---|---|
| Active personnel: | 68,500 | 700,000 |
| Reserve personnel: | 53,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Available for military: | 5,601,234 | 11,149,646 |
Land Forces
| RO | UA | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanks: | 440 | 1,462 | |
| Armoured fighting vehicles: | 1,352 | 5,739 | |
| Total artillery: | 1,355 | 3,636 | |
| Self-propelled artillery: | 53 | 899 | |
| Rocket artillery: | 207 | 693 |
Air Forces
| RO | UA | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total aircraft: | 165 | 297 | |
| Fighter aircraft: | 23 | 57 | |
| Multirole aircraft: | 14 | 0 | |
| Attack aircraft: | 0 | 27 | |
| Helicopters: | 69 | 115 | |
| UCAV (combat drone): | 0 | 12 |
Navy
| RO | UA | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total naval: | 55 | 53 | |
| Aircraftcarriers: | 0 | 0 | |
| Destroyers: | 0 | 0 | |
| Frigates: | 3 | 1 | |
| Corvettes: | 7 | 0 | |
| Submarines: | 1 | 0 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Romania
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Ukraine
Although Ukraine has never produced its own nuclear weapon to this day, we should bear in mind that back in the days, Ukraine possessed approximately 5,000 nuclear weapons. This is all due to the fact that before 1991, Ukraine was a part of the Soviet Union. However, as a consequence of its dissolution, all the countries that were satellites or were forcefully attached to Soviet Union, received number of warheads. They were once the property of the Soviet Union. Nevertheless, after Ukraine became independent, they received everything that was the part of the USSR, even nuclear warheads. As a result of that, Ukraine became the third largest holder of nuclear weapons in the world.
Ukraine decided to get rid of these weapons quite quickly. Three years later, in 1994 that is, they joined Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. In 1996, all the warheads were moved and disassembled in Russia.
Military service
Romania
18 years of age for male and female voluntary service; conscription ended 2006; all military inductees (including women) contract for an initial 5-year term of service, with subsequent successive 3-year terms until age 36.
Ukraine
18-27 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation is 18 months