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How Ukraine's Military Has Changed Ahead of 2025

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Ukraine 's military has evolved significantly since Moscow invaded its neighbor.

Kyiv's military started off as a Soviet-era force, but has since absorbed Western technology and pushed for new, domestically-made military equipment to backfill its losses and improve on the older assets.

From the U.S. , Ukraine has received an unknown number of Army Tactical Missile Systems , which are long-range, ground-launched ballistic missiles.

In August , Ukraine announced Ukraine had successfully tested its first domestically-manufactured ballistic missile.

It is thought to be the Hrim-2 , a missile long in development and has an estimated range of just over 300 miles .

Kyiv has also developed a weapon described as a "missile-drone," dubbed Palianytsia , and a howitzer called Bohdana .