Conflict catalog
2014 Russia-Ukraine War: Weapons and Equipment
Browse 2014 Russia-Ukraine War weapons and military equipment documented in the catalog, including tanks, artillery, air-defense systems, UAVs, missiles, naval drones, and infantry weapons.
The 2014 Russia-Ukraine War began in 2014 with Russia's seizure of Crimea and the war in Donbas, then escalated on February 24, 2022 into a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. The conflict remains a high-intensity interstate war centered in Ukraine, with occupied territory, trench warfare, long-range strikes, UAVs, air defense, maritime attacks, and foreign military support shaping the equipment record.
The current archive spans six equipment categories in this conflict, including tanks, armored vehicles, artillery, air defense, aircraft, UAVs, and infantry weapons.
Entries emphasize identifiable systems with dedicated pages, images, specifications, service context, and source links rather than broad equipment families.
895 weapon systemsConflict Actors
Russia / Ukraine
Ukraine
670 weapon systems in this catalog
Context
- Status
- Published catalog
- Location
- Ukraine, occupied Ukrainian territory, the Black Sea, and adjacent Russian border regions
- Countries
- Ukraine, Russia
- Regions
- Crimea, Donbas, southern Ukraine, eastern Ukraine, northern Ukraine, Black Sea, Kursk Oblast
- Domains
- land, air, maritime, missile strikes, UAV, air defense, electronic warfare, naval, border clashes
This catalog is unusually broad because the war combines legacy Soviet equipment, Ukrainian domestic systems, Russian strike and air-defense assets, Western transfers, commercial UAVs, uncrewed maritime systems, and improvised battlefield adaptations. The strongest entries are those tied to direct conflict-use sources; the page should not be read as a complete order of battle, and claims from battlefield videos, official statements, captured-equipment photos, or fast-moving drone footage still need system-specific corroboration before being attached to individual weapon records.
Map
Ukraine, occupied Ukrainian territory, the Black Sea, and adjacent Russian border regions
Map data from OpenStreetMap contributors.
Timeline
Key Events
War begins with Crimea and Donbas crisis
Russia seized control of Crimea after Ukraine's political crisis, while armed conflict developed in eastern Ukraine; the UN General Assembly later affirmed Ukraine's territorial integrity and rejected the Crimea referendum as a basis for altering Crimea's status.
Sources: UNGA Resolution 68/262, UK Commons Library 2014-2022 Timeline
Minsk II package agreed
The Minsk Package of Measures sought a ceasefire, heavy-weapons withdrawal, OSCE monitoring, and political steps for eastern Ukraine, but the settlement never produced a durable end to the Donbas war.
Sources: UNSC Resolution 2202, Minsk Package of Measures
Russia launches full-scale invasion
Russian forces attacked Ukraine from Russia, Belarus, occupied Crimea, and the Donbas, turning the earlier regional war into a nationwide invasion involving ground, air, missile, maritime, and cyber dimensions.
Sources: UK Commons Library 2022-Present Timeline, CFR Global Conflict Tracker
Ukraine regains momentum in autumn counteroffensives
Ukraine's Kharkiv counteroffensive and later liberation of Kherson west of the Dnipro reversed several Russian gains and pushed the war toward a longer attritional phase.
Sources: UK Commons Library 2022-Present Timeline, Britannica 2014 Russia-Ukraine War
Russia claims four Ukrainian regions
Russia moved to annex Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia even though it did not fully control those oblasts, hardening the territorial stakes of the war.
Sources: UK Commons Library Conflict in Ukraine
Kakhovka Dam destroyed as counteroffensive phase opens
The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam caused major flooding in southern Ukraine shortly before Ukraine's 2023 counteroffensive, which faced prepared Russian defenses, mines, artillery, and air power.
Sources: UN Ukraine Kakhovka Two Years Later, CFR Global Conflict Tracker
Ukraine opens Kursk cross-border offensive
Ukraine launched a surprise operation into Russia's Kursk Oblast, adding a cross-border ground front while Russia continued pressure along the eastern Ukrainian front.
Sources: CFR Global Conflict Tracker
Full-scale war reaches four-year mark
By the fourth anniversary of the full-scale invasion, the war had settled into a prolonged contest of artillery, fortifications, drones, air defense, missile strikes, deep attacks, and industrial mobilization.
Sources: CSIS 2014 Russia-Ukraine War in 10 Charts, CFR Global Conflict Tracker
Phases
Crimea, Donbas, and Minsk diplomacy
Russia's seizure of Crimea and the war in Donbas created the conflict's first phase, with ceasefire diplomacy under the Minsk framework and continued fighting in eastern Ukraine before the full-scale invasion.
Full-scale invasion and mobile campaigns
Russia attempted a multi-axis invasion, Ukraine defended Kyiv and other major cities, and Ukrainian counteroffensives around Kharkiv and Kherson restored maneuver to the war before front lines hardened.
Attrition, air defense, and 2023 counteroffensive
The war shifted toward fortified fronts, artillery duels, minefields, missile and drone strikes, air-defense interception, Black Sea operations, and Ukraine's difficult 2023 offensive against prepared Russian defenses.
Cross-border and deep-strike attrition
Ukraine's Kursk operation, Russia's grinding advances in eastern Ukraine, expanded one-way attack drone use, Ukrainian strikes inside Russia, and continued external supply networks define the current phase.
External Support
Ukraine's equipment record is shaped by sustained outside military assistance, including NATO-allied and partner deliveries of air defense, artillery, armor, ammunition, training, maintenance, drones, and long-term security-assistance funding. Kiel tracker data show Western government aid continuing into 2026 with growing emphasis on military and drone-related support, while NATO describes allied assistance as unprecedented since 2022. Oryx's Bulgaria support inventory illustrates a separate Soviet-caliber sustainment lane: Bulgarian firms and stocks were linked to indirect transfers or purchases of Su-25 aircraft, T-72M1 tanks, BM-21 Grad launchers, 2S1 and D-20 artillery, BTR-60PB APCs, RPG and anti-tank weapons, machine guns, mortar ammunition, 122 mm and 152 mm artillery rounds, 155 mm rounds, 122 mm rockets, protective equipment, repair support, and training. The article treats its equipment list as a lower bound because some deliveries were confidential or routed through NATO member states. Russia's side also has external supplier context: UK Parliament and CFR sources describe support from Belarus, Iran, and North Korea, including military equipment, intelligence, and other direct support.
Images
Weapons
2014 Russia-Ukraine War Weapon Systems
Role
Frontline Assault
Used directly in attacks, advances, raids, or offensive ground operations.
44 remaining
Role
Defensive Holding
Used to defend positions, territory, cities, trenches, bases, or key terrain.
17 remaining
Role
Fire Support
Provided supporting fire for troops, vehicles, or maneuver units.
269 remaining
Role
Long-Range Strike
Attacked targets far behind the front line, such as bases, depots, headquarters, or infrastructure.
120 remaining
Role
Interdiction
Disrupted enemy movement, reinforcements, logistics, supply routes, or staging areas.
48 remaining
Role
Area Denial
Made a zone dangerous or unusable for enemy forces, aircraft, ships, or vehicles.
60 remaining
Role
Anti-Armor
Used primarily against tanks, armored vehicles, or mechanized forces.
74 remaining
Role
Air Defense
Used to detect, deter, or destroy aircraft, helicopters, drones, or missiles.
171 remaining
Role
Reconnaissance & Surveillance
Used to observe, locate, track, or monitor enemy forces.
120 remaining
Role
Targeting Support
Helped identify, designate, or correct fire against targets for other weapons.
68 remaining
Role
Electronic Warfare
Used to jam, spoof, intercept, disrupt, or protect electronic signals and communications.
23 remaining
Role
Command, Control & Communications
Provided command-and-control connectivity, communications relay, data exchange, or battlefield network support.
4 remaining
Role
Mobility & Logistics
Supported transport, supply, repair, evacuation, fuel, ammunition, or movement across terrain.
194 remaining
Role
Captured, Seized & Recovered
Captured, recovered, seized, interdicted, or otherwise documented as conflict materiel, especially where operational use is uncertain.
95 remaining
Role
Force Protection
Protected troops, vehicles, bases, convoys, ships, or infrastructure from attack.
209 remaining
Role
Deterrence
Discouraged enemy action by threatening serious costs or escalation.
Role
Psychological Impact
Affected morale, fear, public perception, propaganda, or symbolic meaning.
Role
Symbolic Weapon
Became politically, culturally, or visually associated with the conflict.
Role
Asymmetric Advantage
Helped a weaker or less conventional force offset a stronger opponent.
5 remaining
Role
Insurgent / Guerrilla Use
Used by irregular forces for ambushes, raids, harassment, or resistance warfare.
Role
Training & Foreign Aid
Supplied mainly to train, equip, or support an allied or proxy force.
185 remaining
News
Latest 2014 Russia-Ukraine War News
Russian Loitering Munitions In Ukraine Now Span Mass Barrages And Frontline Strikes
2014 Russia-Ukraine WarShahed-136Shahed-131ZALA LancetMolniyaGerberaGeran-3Garpiya-A1One-way attack UAVRussia's Ukraine drone campaign now links Shahed-136/Geran-2 and Shahed-131/Geran-1 mass attacks with Lancet, Molniya, Gerbera, Geran-3 and Garpiya-A1 variants already tracked in the catalog.Sources: International Institute for Strategic Studies, Institute for Science and International Security, Royal United Services Institute, Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, Defence Intelligence of Ukraine War and Sanctions, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, UNITED24 Media, Business Insider, CSIS Missile Threat
Ukraine's Deep-Russia Drone Raids Point To A Growing Long-Range UAV Fleet
2014 Russia-Ukraine WarFire Point FP-1Bars RS-1BARS-SM GladiatorBoberAN-196 LiutyiOne-way attack UAVRecent attacks on Moscow, St. Petersburg and other Russian regions show Ukraine using a mixed long-range drone arsenal, with Fire Point FP-1, Bars-family systems, Bober and Liutyi among the cataloged UAVs tied to the campaign.Sources: Associated Press, The Guardian, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Ukrainska Pravda, Business Insider, Kyiv Post, Defense News, Covert Shores, Defence Blog
Kyiv Barrage Renews Ukraine's Call for Patriot Interceptors
2014 Russia-Ukraine WarMIM-104 PatriotReuters reported that Russia struck Ukrainian cities with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles, prompting Ukraine's president to renew calls for Patriot missile interceptors.Sources: Reuters, SRN News
Ukraine Says It Struck Missile-Electronics Plant in Russia's Voronezh
2014 Russia-Ukraine War9K720 IskanderKh-101Ukraine said it hit a Voronezh-region electronics plant tied to Russian missile production, with Russian regional officials reporting five deaths and dozens of injuries.Sources: Reuters, Bulgarian News Agency, The Guardian
Conflict Sources
Conflict-level sources are suitable for chronology, geography, phase summaries, external support, and equipment-domain context. Individual weapon pages still need direct system-specific conflict-use sourcing because battlefield imagery, official claims, territorial-control maps, and strike reports can change quickly or remain contested.
- UNGA Resolution 68/262Publisher: United Nations Digital Library | Note: Supports the 2014 Crimea territorial-integrity context and the UN position that the Crimea referendum could not alter Crimea's status. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- UNSC Resolution 2202Publisher: United Nations | Note: Supports the Security Council endorsement of the Minsk Package of Measures in February 2015. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- Minsk Package of MeasuresPublisher: United Nations Peacemaker | Note: Supports the Minsk II ceasefire, withdrawal, OSCE monitoring, and political-measures summary. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- UK Commons Library 2014-2022 TimelinePublisher: UK Parliament House of Commons Library | Note: Supports the 2014 to eve-of-invasion chronology and the pre-2022 conflict phase. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- UK Commons Library 2022-Present TimelinePublisher: UK Parliament House of Commons Library | Note: Supports the full-scale invasion timeline and major post-February 2022 events. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- UK Commons Library Conflict in UkrainePublisher: UK Parliament House of Commons Library | Note: Supports the October 2022 annexation context and the external-support statement naming Belarus, North Korea, and Iran as direct military-support providers to Russia. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- CFR Global Conflict TrackerPublisher: Council on Foreign Relations | Note: Supports the ongoing conflict overview, 2023 counteroffensive context, Kursk offensive context, current occupied-territory framing, location scope, and Russia-support background. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- Britannica 2014 Russia-Ukraine WarPublisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica | Note: Supports the high-level full-scale invasion background and Ukrainian counteroffensive context. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- UN Ukraine Kakhovka Two Years LaterPublisher: United Nations Ukraine | Note: Supports the Kakhovka Dam destruction date and disaster context. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- CSIS 2014 Russia-Ukraine War in 10 ChartsPublisher: Center for Strategic and International Studies | Note: Supports the prolonged high-intensity war framing, drone and strike trends, and weapon-domain context. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- NATO Support for UkrainePublisher: NATO | Note: Supports the external-support summary describing allied military assistance, training, equipment, supplies, and coordination. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- Kiel Ukraine Support TrackerPublisher: Kiel Institute for the World Economy | Note: Supports the military-aid and drone-support trend in external assistance through April 2026. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- Oryx Bulgaria Arms Ukraine InventoryPublisher: Oryx | Note: Supports the conflict-level external-support summary for Bulgaria-linked purchases, indirect transfers through NATO member states, Soviet-type ammunition supply, pledged BTR-60PB APCs, repair support, training, and the caveat that the listed items are a lower bound. | Accessed: 2026-07-05
- Commons 2022 Russian Invasion MapPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance and CC BY-SA 4.0 licensing for the invasion map. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- Commons Bucha Main Street PhotoPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance and CC BY 3.0 licensing for the Bucha destroyed-column photo. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- Commons Destroyed T-72B PhotoPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance and CC BY-SA 4.0 licensing for the destroyed T-72B photo. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
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