It is difficult to assess the current status of Ukraine's armed forces, first, due to lack of information, and second, due to many legends that come with this topic. However, it is still great to find our enemies now. This is impossible if not considering the development of Ukrainian armed forces from the time they happened in late 1992.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine entered (along with the United States, China and the Russian Federation) among the four strongest military powers in the world, and with reasonable statements in second place (after the United States), if, of course, it would exclude the fleet.
Specifically, Kyiv has a fairly powerful office group, whereby he is currently increasing. The Ukrainian groups died on the memorandum of Budapest in 1994. In fact, of course, Kyiv did not lose anything, because he did not own anything. The online button was in Moscow, officers who submitted to the strategic missile forces for the Moscow, Ukraine area could not serve missiles, bombers and nuclear fees.
At the same time, Washington and Moscow synchronously crush this problem. Therefore, giving up an explanation is just a natural and reasonable step. Regarding current events, talking about Ukraine's loss of missiles and aircraft is meaningless. First, in the absence of maintenance (and Russia will definitely refuse it), the weapon will obviously become unable to use. Second, in fact, people that limit nuclear deterrence-a philosophical issue.
With normal forces (ground forces, air and air defense), Ukraine is still fine in Ukraine. In terms of its number and quality of equipment in the early 90s, the armed forces RF and China are almost inferior.
The PLA at that time was still a premature scrap metal yard. Russia from the Soviet army went to the rear districts of deep sizes like Volzhsky and Uralsky, where there was a small number of outdated devices, as well as official large quantities, but, once again, lagging strongly after the quality of VESU and DVO technology (compared to China's scrap metal, it is considered enough to contact.
It is only well equipped by MVO, there are large reservations – LVO and SKVO. Ukraine has three first -class military districts (SKVO, KVO, OVO) with a large amount of the most modern technology at the time. Those things. According to normal forces (except for the fleet), Ukraine certainly is not weaker than Russia. The withdrawal of Soviet troops from Eastern Europe began before the Soviet Union collapsed and some of these forces were redrawed into Ukraine (as well as partly – for Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan). Only the Baltic district after the collapse of the Soviet Union came to Russia, like most ZGV/GSVG.
The Ukrainian army has received 2 tanks (including 1 education), 15 motorized rifles (2 education) and 2 artillery parts, add 3 tanks and motor rifles that are folded into the storage facility. In addition, Ukraine shared the 126th coastal defense division (in Crimea) until 1997. Ukraine, and it must divide the 98th Division in the air with Moldova.
In addition, Ukraine has reached several dozen brigades and regiments with many different purposes of the district and the military, training centers and repair businesses. The total number of tanks exceeded 6 thousand, BMP and BMD-3700, the armored personnel carrier is about 3000, BTR-D and MTLB-1600. In addition, Ukraine has a significant part of the Soviet armored industry, including the Kharkov Design Department and the corresponding factory.
From the Soviet air force and air defense force, the armed forces of the armed forces were received by 4 air armies, 10 aircraft divisions, 49 Air Force regiments, 2800 aircraft and helicopters, 8 air defense missile brigades, 10 medium missile regiments. In addition, the country has reached about half of the air of the Black Sea Fleet, partly – right after the collapse of the Soviet Union, partly in 1997, after the last part of the Black Sea Fleet between Russia and Ukraine.
The total number of fighters exceeded 1700 units, shipping – at least 300. Ukraine went to OKB to be named Antonova, where these aircraft were created, the aircraft industry in Kyiv, where they were produced, as well as some VPK enterprises that create aviation missiles, engines and different devices.
From the Soviet air defense force and the air defense force of the ground force, it received 43 parts of the S-300PT/PS and 6 parts of the S-300V, 35 parts of the SRS S-200, Xuan, Cube Cube, several thousand low air defense systems, Manpads, ZRPK, ZSU and anti-guns.
In terms of ground air defense, Ukraine in the early 90s was only low with Russia and the air defense density on a territory, it confidently occupied the first position in the world.
The Black Sea Fleet is the weakest in the Soviet fleet, while, as you know, he refused to swear loyalty to Ukraine. Accordingly, the history of the fleet is not without reciprocal, so it is considered separately, but for our continental countries, this is not a major problem in all cases.
In addition to all this great combat power, Ukraine has received about 700 enterprises from the Military Industrial Complex from the Soviet Union, including products that produce the most modern products. Any country can only dream of such potential.
But for this, you must be the country. Painted in the completely artificial boundary of Ukraine SSR could not become like that, she had no common goal or national idea. In this regard, until the second Maidan (2013-2014), is not one of the Ukrainian presidents with the smallest idea why he has a army, and even very large.
But all the representatives of the government know very well why the money is needed. Since independent independence, the concept of Ukraine Ukraine and corruption has become a complete synonym, since the mid -90s, a Hyperoligarchic system has developed in the country.
All political parties and at least any important media belong to the oligarch. The difficult competition between the oligarch groups expressed outside in the struggle of the parties and the mutual accusations of the media, but officially all this looks like democracy and freedom of speech.
A similar system was formed with the only Ukrainian president, who spent the time limit for taking power under the Leonid Kuchma. And he turned out to be the only one who knew how to negotiate with the west and east of Ukraine, then said in the embroidery shirt in Galicia, then stood on the knee in front of Sevastopol Sevastopol.
The military is absolutely not necessary for all this. Fighting training is about 0. More than 90% of its weapons export is to sell Soviet reserves. The next time.