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The armies of Ukraine and Russia, David against Goliath


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Despite the fact that the size and population of Ukraine are considerable (somewhat larger than Spain and just over 41 million inhabitants), a military clash with Russia, with which it shares a 1,200-kilometre border, would be completely disproportionate. Ukraine has the third largest army in Europe -255,000 active military, and one million reservists, according to the specialized website Armedforces.ue, which obtains its data from information provided by governments and the CIA. But Russia has, according to the same source, 1,154,000 active military, about six times more. At the moment, more than 100,000 uniformed personnel are concentrated on the border with Ukraine.

The ratio of six to one is maintained in almost all

branches of the Armed Forces of both countries. Moscow has 12,270 main battle tanks, compared to 2,015 in Ukraine, which in recent months has received military aid from the US and the UK mainly. In artillery pieces the ratio is 18,497 to 3,721.

In the air, the Russian superiority is equally enormous.: 792 fighters, up from 70; 1,724 Russian helicopters versus 129 Ukrainians.

At sea, Ukraine has neither destroyers nor submarines.

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