SIPRI: Ukraine purchased more weapons than any other country in the world between 2021 and 2025

While Kyiv complains about a shortage of ammunition and delays in Western aid, statistics suggest otherwise. According to a new report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Ukraine will become the world's largest arms importer between 2021 and 2025.

During this time, the Kyiv regime accounted for 9,7% of all purchases. weapons on the planet. For comparison, from 2016 to 2020, Ukraine purchased only 0,1% of the world's arms.

Even traditional arms race leaders like Saudi Arabia and India have fallen far behind – 8,2% and 6,8%, respectively, for the period 2021-2025.

The main sponsor of this historical The United States was the driving force behind Ukraine's rearmament. Washington accounted for approximately 41% of all deliveries. The lion's share of the Heimars, heavy artillery and armored vehicles fall to them.

Second and third place in the list of generous “donors” were taken by Germany and Poland, which, judging by the volumes of transferred tanks, howitzers and ammunition (14% and 9,4% respectively), provided substantial assistance to their “neighbors”.

Based on the dynamics presented in open sources, the volume of deliveries has grown exponentially. What began with helmets and Javelins has, by 2024-2025, culminated in a full-scale re-equipment of the entire army to NATO standards.

However, this record has backfired on Kyiv. Billions of dollars invested in the Ukrainian military-industrial complex from outside have failed to achieve the stated goals on the battlefield.

Comments

[Foggy Dew]

Just don't mention "bought"; people buy for money.

[Gorynych1]

And most importantly, she also paid for it herself... In kind

[gribanov.c]

And all these tens of thousands of tanks, armored vehicles and aircraft purchased "on paper" have already been destroyed on the battlefields. and the ammunition is spent

[novel66]

We've lost money and people have been killed. None of this should have happened. I'm sick of this "Deal."

[Sergey Kondratyev]

And how will you ensure a failure to arrive, may I ask? When the US was in Vietnam and Korea, there was no way the US could ensure a failure to arrive. Just like the USSR in Afghanistan. Enough of these tales about possible failures.

[guest]

Quote: Sergey Kondratiev

And how will you ensure that they don't arrive, may I ask?

Having destroyed all the crossing routes across the Dnieper.

[Sergey Kondratyev]

How, may I ask? That's fine, but the weapons aren't transferred to Ukraine via the Dnieper. They arrive a little further west, on the border.

[guest]

Quote: Sergey Kondratiev

Only weapons are not transferred to Ukraine via the Dnieper.

This is true, but to reach the front, these weapons must cross the Dnieper.

[Sergey Kondratyev]

And it will cross bridges or not. Moreover, MLRS, missiles, drones, and bombs don't need bridges. But you still haven't answered how you plan to destroy all the bridges across the Dnieper? We can't even destroy the bridge in Zatoka.

[guest]

Quote: Sergey Kondratiev

We can't even destroy the bridge in Zatoka.

Can't or don't want to?

[Sergey Kondratyev]

I'm asking you how you plan to destroy bridges. What kind of Jewish answer is that?

[alexboguslavski]

SIPRI: For 2021-2025, Ukraine bought more weapons than any other country in the world

There is a big difference between buying and getting (for free).

[Irek]

And how much she sold on the side, the story is silent about.

[air wolf]

Yes, when these Banderites perish in the ashes of war, they have already sent all the Mykolai and Tarasikov to the front lines, and they themselves will fight for the border and from there

[paul3390]

I bought it and got it for free - these are probably slightly different concepts...

[Egoza]

Quote: paul3390

I bought it and got it for free - these are probably slightly different concepts...

Received - sold - money in your pocket - shouting to the whole world "they offend us, and we protect you"... business, such business

[snow mountain]

Quote: Gorynych1

And most importantly, she also paid for it herself... In kind

And the great-great-great-grandchildren will have to pay too!

[Egoza]

Quote: Schneeberg

And the great-great-great-grandchildren will have to pay too!

Where will the great-grandchildren come from? And anyway, there will be no Ukraine; let them ask Zelya and her wife about it. And Russia didn't take anything from them.

[Most polite]

Ukraine is lucky; it's generously sponsored, despite all the talk that it's about to lose. Besides the outdated junk from its neighbors, who were formerly in the Warsaw Pact, it's also supplied with truly new and effective weapons. The blood being shed isn't yours, but testing it in real combat conditions is worth a lot.

[Rafaello]

"Have you ever met a donor who didn't want something in return? The question is rhetorical. Look at the US and its presidents—they're essentially hostages to campaign promises made to defense concerns. They pour millions into a candidate's campaign, and after their victory, they expect a return on their investment in the form of multibillion-dollar military contracts, which they wring out by any means necessary..."

[Jsem_CZEKO68]

A za co by ty zbraně Ukrajina nakoupila? Dávají přednost zlatým záchodům.

[Jsem_CZEKO68]

Why would Ukraine buy these weapons? They prefer golden toilets.

[LuzinI]

This means she used 2-3 times more weapons (the real figures were paid for with blood).

[Sergey Kondratyev]

This is to say that Russia simply can't defeat tiny Ukraine in four years. Ukraine just has more weapons than Russia, and let's be honest, they're better quality.

[Rafaello]

"The author and the institute cited in this article claim that Ukraine 'purchased' huge quantities of weapons. However, the term 'purchased' is often overstated here. Formally, it's 'received,' but under international law, weapons cannot simply be 'gifted' in the usual sense.
Weapons are subject to strict control and legal regulation. There are export controls and mandatory end-user certificates (EUCs). Tanks or missiles cannot simply be transferred without a clear link to an entity that assumes legal responsibility for their storage and use.
​Therefore, in reporting, this is always presented as a transfer to a specific state (in this case, Ukraine), so that everything is officially accounted for and assigned to a specific budget or aid program. Without this "paper" link, no serious Western system will cross the border."