Ukraine

Personnel & posture

Active personnel

900k

Reserve / mobilization pool

650k

Mobilization window

~3 days to full field army

Order of battle

• Unmanned systems

  • FPV kamikaze (tactical)80,000 – 120,000

    Mass-produced; high consumption

  • Military recon (Shark, Leleka)1,500 – 2,500
  • Long-range strike (Lyutyi, Bober)500 – 800
  • FPV interceptors (anti-Shahed)5,000 – 8,000

• Air defense

  • MIM-104 Patriot batteries5 – 7
  • IRIS-T SLM6 – 9
  • NASAMS8 – 10
  • Gepard SPAAG45 – 55

• Main battle tanks

  • T-64 / T-72 variants750 – 850
  • Leopard 2 family60 – 70
  • M1A1 Abrams20 – 25

• Artillery & MLRS

  • HIMARS / M27035 – 45
  • 2S22 Bohdana (155mm)60 – 80
  • M109 & Western SPG100 – 120

Bases & infrastructure (13)

• Ministry of Defence (Kyiv)

  hub

  National command

• Pivdenmash (Dnipro)

  factory

  Rocket/aerospace production

  missiles

• Malyshev Factory (Kharkiv)

  factory

  Armor repair and production

  tanks

• Iron Tech Cluster (Lviv)

  factory

  Drone R&D cluster

  drones

• Port of Odesa

  port

  Black Sea export corridor

  trade

• Chornomorsk port

  port

  Grain export terminal

  trade

• Poltava air base area

  airport

  Eastern air operations

  air

• Southern defensive line

  military base

  Southern sector command

  army

• Antonov Company (Hostomel area)

  research

  Transport aircraft and aerospace R&D.

  air

• Yuzhnoye design bureau (Dnipro)

  research

  Missile and space systems design.

  missiles

• Odesa grain export terminals

  port

  Black Sea grain corridor — global food.

  grain · shipping

• Dnipro industrial & steel belt

  factory

  Steel, aerospace components pre-war.

  steel · manufacturing

• Snake Island approaches

  military base

  Danube delta maritime control.

  naval

Deployable units (10)

• General Staff of the Armed Forces (Kyiv)hq
• 3rd Separate Assault Brigadearmy
• 92nd Assault Brigade (Kharkiv)army
• 1st Separate Tank Brigadearmor
• Myrhorod Air Baseair
• Odesa Naval Basenavy
• S-300/Patriot mixed air defense groupsam
• Unmanned Systems Forces strike wingdrone
• 12th Special Purpose Brigade Azovarmy
• Kyiv logistics command depotfacility

Theater glossary

Chokepoint

Narrow sea or land passage where trade or military traffic can be blocked.

Rare earth

Elements used in magnets, motors, and precision weapons — China dominates refining.

SPR

Strategic Petroleum Reserve — emergency crude stockpile.

TSMC

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing — advanced logic fab cluster.

Hormuz

Strait of Hormuz — ~20% of global oil transits.

Malacca

Strait of Malacca — busiest shipping lane between Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Suwałki corridor

Poland–Lithuania land bridge — NATO logistics vulnerability.

Cobalt belt

DRC–Zambia mining corridor — battery supply chain.

Lithium triangle

Chile–Argentina–Bolivia brine deposits — EV battery input.

Grain corridor

Black Sea / Danube export routes — global food security.

Red Sea corridor

Bab el-Mandeb through Suez — Houthi interdiction risk.

Taiwan Strait lane

Kaohsiung–Busan chip & container sea lane under blockade exercise.

Black Sea grain lane

Odesa/Danube export routes under missile and mine threat.

Horn access lane

Djibouti–Massawa–Assab Red Sea port competition axis.