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Ukraine 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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BRICS (acronym - Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) is a grouping of the world economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Bilateral relations among BRICS are conducted mainly on the basis of non-interference, equality, and mutual benefit. The BRICS nations are considered a geopolitical rival to the G7 bloc.

On August 24, 2023, the expansion of the group on January 1, 2024 was announced to include Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates. On 29 December 2023 the Government of Argentina officially announce that Argentina will not join the BRICS. This is due to the change of president to Javier Milei.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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31 billion $
643 billion $

Percent of GDP

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16 %
0 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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1,250,000
6,345,000

Reserve personnel

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1,000,000
7,754,000

Available for military

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11,149,646
992,083,395

Land Forces

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Tanks

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1,462
23,394
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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5,739
61,131
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Total artillery

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3,636
33,143
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Self-propelled artillery

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899
9,510
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Rocket artillery

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693
9,684

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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297
15,992
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Fighter

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57
1,562
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Multirole

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0
2,890
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Attack

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27
1,285
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Helicopters

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115
5,334
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UCAV (combat drone)

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12
643

Navy

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Total naval

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53
2,673
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Aircraft carriers

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0
12
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Destroyers

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0
77
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Frigates

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1
108
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Corvettes

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0
222
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Submarines

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0
192

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.

BRICS

Data not available

Military service

Ukraine

18-27 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation is 18 months

BRICS

Data not available