Visualizing The Russia-Ukraine Military Imbalance

The fact that Russia has a larger military than Ukraine will hardly come as a surprise to most, but the extent to which the smaller nation is outnumbered in virtually every area may not be immediately clear.

GlobalFirepower has assessed the military forces of both countries for 2022, and as Statista’s Martin Armstrong shows in the following infographic, Russia has everything in its favor on paper, and without the support of Ukraine’s allies, in practice surely, too.

You will find more infographics at Statista

Whether Russian President Putin makes the decision to invade the country, and on a far larger scale, remains to be seen.

What we are being told by western media and warmongers is that there is a new and significant military build up on the Russian side of the border (while Ukraine President Zelensky said his intelligence officials, looking at satellite images, do not see such an unusual build up); diplomatic efforts have failed; and the West seems currently focused on warmongering, projecting solidarity, and threatening dire (economic, at least) consequences should an invasion occur.