Summary
According to Global Fire Power, Russia has more than 3 million soldiers, of which 1 million are active soldiers. Whereas Ukraine has 11.55 lakh soldiers, of which about 2.5 lakh are active.
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Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin is beating the world by deploying his troops on the Russian-Ukraine border with aggressive language as the Russian military is much stronger and more capable than the Ukrainian army. In such a situation, it is important to understand that how much is the strategic and diplomatic strength of Russia and Ukraine?
Russia has annexed the Crimean peninsula, fueled a separatist war in Ukraine’s Donbass region and now declared the region’s Donetsk and Luhansk as independent countries. This has made it easier for Russia to lay siege to Ukraine through these two provinces. Russia has turned against Ukraine as their main defense ally to defend the two provinces.
Russia’s action on Ukraine has both current relevance and historical precedent. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union became the dominant power in the Black Sea. However, after the fall of the empire, Russia lost most of its territory to the region. The former Soviet states gradually began to draw closer to the West. Russia’s relations with the US have begun to deteriorate as Ukraine moves closer to the West. The US and NATO forces have stood up against Russia.
However, Germany, a special friend of America and Europe’s largest economy, has refused to send its arms and ammunition to Ukraine. According to a statement by Jeremy Shapiro, research director at the Berlin-based European Council of Foreign Relations, Europe is not entirely against Russia and the differences are minor.
On the other hand, German historian Liana Ficks, political analyst at the German Marshall Fund in Washington, said in a statement that Germany’s decision was largely related to its reliance on gas from Russia. Russia and Germany are laying Nord Stream 2 pipelines to transport gas to Germany. The 1225 km long pipeline passing through the Baltic Sea has taken five years to build.
Ukraine’s tilt towards the west
To the west of Ukraine is Europe and to the east is Russia. The country has been inclined towards the West since its separation from the Soviet Union in 1991. Russia feels that Ukraine’s tilt towards Western Europe is a threat to its security and strategic interests. Russia feels that it will not be good for Ukraine to go to the West. That is why Ukraine is caught between the tussle between the West and Russia. Russia, on the other hand, does not want Ukraine to join NATO. This is the reason why he is sitting ready to attack Ukraine.
If NATO supported Ukraine?
The way Ukraine is close to NATO and many NATO countries are sending their troops to the border with Ukraine. From this it seems that if Russia attacks Ukraine and if NATO supports it, then it can be very heavy on Russia. There are 30 countries in the NATO organization. According to the rules of the organization, if any country attacks the member countries, then it will be considered as an attack on the whole organization. On this basis all the countries will be with him. Although Ukraine is not a member of NATO, NATO can support Ukraine if it wishes.
Ukraine growing closer to Britain-Poland
Ukraine, on the other hand, is also working to strengthen three-way cooperation with Britain and Poland in the wake of the Russian attack. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said, ‘I hope that in the near future we will be able to officially launch a new regional format of Ukraine-Poland-UK cooperation. In the context of Russian aggression, we should sign a tripartite document on cooperation to strengthen regional security.’ Britain is also providing Ukraine with anti-tank weapons and armored vehicles.
Ukraine coming closer to NATO
With this collaboration of Britain and Poland, Ukraine is coming closer to NATO. Poland has said it will supply Ukraine with gas and artillery ammunition, mortars, portable air defense systems, surveillance drones and weapons, as well as humanitarian and economic assistance. NATO countries have started delivering troops, weapons and military vehicles to Ukraine’s neighboring countries. NATO member country Romania shares its border with Ukraine. Romania has been a member since 2004. The armies of countries like America, Britain, Germany and France are present here.
If there is a war between Ukraine and Russia, then Russia looks heavy on Ukraine on the basis of military capability. According to the Global Fire Power report, Russia is the third largest country in defense spending. Whereas Ukraine is at number 20. Similarly, Russia is far ahead of Ukraine in weapons and other military resources. Russia has greatly increased its military strength in the last eight years. Russia is the second most powerful army in the world.
According to Global Fire Power, Russia has more than 3 million soldiers, of which 1 million are active soldiers. Whereas Ukraine has 11.55 lakh soldiers, of which about 2.5 lakh are active. Talking about the Russian Navy, Russia has 15 destroyers, 70 submarines, 11 warships and about 50 mine warships. At the same time, Ukraine does not have any such destroyer or submarine. Apart from this there is only one battleship and one mine battleship.
- Where Russia has more than 1500 fighter aircraft, Ukraine has only 67 fighter aircraft.
- Russia has more than 12000 tanks while Ukraine has only 2500 tanks.
- Russia has 30,000 armored vehicles. At the same time, Ukraine has only 12 thousand such vehicles.
- Russia has 12000 self-propelled guns. Talking about Ukraine, it has a little more than 1000.
- Russia has more than 500 attack helicopters. Whereas Ukraine has only 34 such helicopters.
Expansion
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin is beating the world by deploying his troops on the Russian-Ukraine border with aggressive language as the Russian military is much stronger and more capable than the Ukrainian army. In such a situation, it is important to understand that how much is the strategic and diplomatic strength of Russia and Ukraine?