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Ukraine military
Global rank #22
Ukraine ranks #22 of 24 in the 2026 Military Atlas Index. It spends $84.1B on defense (40.0% of GDP) and has 677K active personnel.
Key statistics
$84.1B
Defense Budget
40.0%
Budget % of GDP
677K
Active Personnel
0
Reserve Personnel
417
Military Aircraft
113
Fighter Jets
0
5th Gen Fighters
164
Helicopters
1,085
Main Battle Tanks
258
Artillery Systems
0
Submarines
0
Aircraft Carriers
0
Nuclear Warheads
Sources: SIPRI Military Expenditure Database (2025), World Bank (2025), IISS The Military Balance (2026), Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), citing FlightGlobal World Air Forces (2026), Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) (2026).
Equipment inventory
Ukraine: Aircraft (51)
Granat-4UAV / Drone · Russia1confirmed
Merlin-VRUAV / Drone · Russia1confirmed
TakhionUAV / Drone · Russia1confirmedlord (light isr uav; owa uav; wingspan* 3 m; length* 2 m; range* 750+ km)UAV / Drone · Ukraine1confirmed
rubaka (decoy uav; wingspan 1.8 m; length 1.65 m; range* 500+ km)UAV / Drone · Ukraine1confirmed
Ukraine: Helicopters (19)
Ukraine: Land (171)
btr-60/-70/-80 (estimated)Armored Vehicle · Soviet Union350confirmed
em-120Artillery System140confirmed
batt umgArmored Vehicle139confirmed
hm-19Artillery System82confirmed
bat-2Engineering Vehicle · Soviet Union40confirmed
bov-vp (m-86)Armored Vehicle · Yugoslavia20confirmedm113 with tampellaArtillery System10confirmed
BozenaEngineering Vehicle · Slovakia2confirmed
brehm-d (reported)Engineering Vehicle · Soviet Union1confirmed
brem-d (reported)Engineering Vehicle · Soviet Union1confirmed
hawkeyeArtillery System · United States1confirmedUkraine: Naval (24)
irpin (ex-est roland)Patrol Boat2confirmed
MunaAuxiliary Ship1confirmed
berezaAuxiliary Ship · Soviet Union1confirmed
kentavr-lk (serviceability in doubt)Patrol Craft · Ukraine1confirmedUkraine: Missile (60)
Each row is labeled Confirmed, Estimated or Alleged. A dash means no count is published.