Ukraine is in the first place for weapons imports: what are the trends of the USA and the Russian Federation in 2020-24 (infographics)

To spread: Ukraine has overtaken India by the number of weapons purchased, analysts said. Exporters are the US and France, and the Russian Federation has lost its leadership, though it trade with India and China. Stockholm Institute for Peace Problems Research (SIPRI) has explored the weapon market in 2020-2024, comparing the current situation with the data for 2015-2019, as well as since the 1990s. It turned out that Ukraine came to the top for the number of imported weapons.

Europe has also shown some growth. At the same time, the United States increased weapons exports, and the Russian Federation reduced. The trends in the weapon market are reported in the newsletter, which was published by SIPRI on March 10. The newsletter entitled "Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2024" gathers information about weapons market trends - exports and imports of different countries, changes in the market, change in leaders and more.

At the same time, data for 2020-24 are compared from 2015-19 and even from 1980-84. Analysts have written that as of 2024, Ukraine is a leader in weapons imports-there is 100 times growth. Also read domination in the air. The Sixth Generation Fighter NGAD has overcome the important border of smartphone owners, otherwise their bank accounts will instantly empty the veteran that during the war he simply "played in the orchestra" and then found his medals on a long leash.

Trump allowed to apply air strikes, not counting with anyone on the infographic created by SIPRI, it can be seen that Ukraine occupies 8. 8% of world weapons import. The nearest rival, India, lags half a percent - 8. 5%. For example, Pakistan buys twice less (4. 6%) and the United States is almost three times less (3. 1%). In the ballot, the current indicators with data in 2015-19 Ukraine since the first years of the Russian invasion in 2014 increased the purchase of weapons by almost 10 thousand percent.

The table shows that no other country in the world has even approached this indicator. Analysts also said that the share of US exports increased by 43%, while the Russian Federation lost 64%. The SIPRI infographic shows another country that significantly increased the sale of weapons is Italy. In general, analysts have identified the following trends in 2020-24: the ballot also contained infographics with weapons market trends since 1980 (when the Cold War of the USA and the USSR) in 2024.

The schedule shows that the volume of 2024 adults to the level of 1990-94, when the Berlin wall fell and the Cold War ended. The peaks of the early 90's-about 12 more points. It should be noted that in February 2025, the US government announced the termination of weapons to Ukraine, which is fighting against the invasion of the Russian Federation.

At the same time, the experts whom the focus interviewed explained that, among other things, it is about air defense missiles, RSSS and artillery shells. We would like to remind you that on March 9, the US billionaire and a new White House official Ilon Musk commented on the influence of Starlink systems on the Armed Forces and suggested that it would turn it off.