List of equipment used by Russian separatist forces of the war in Donbas

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This is a list of equipment of the Russian separatist forces in Donbas currently used in the war in Donbas.

Small arms[]

Pistols[]

Name	Type	Cartridge	Origin	Photo	Notes
Nagant M1895	Revolver	7.62×38mmR	Russian Empire		Limited use with a large stock.
Makarov PM[1]	Semi-automatic pistol	9×18mm Makarov	Soviet Union		8-round magazine. Most commonly used NAF pistol.
Stechkin APS[1]	Machine pistol	9×18mm Makarov	Soviet Union		20-round magazine.
Tokarev TT-33[1]	Semi-automatic pistol	7.62×25mm Tokarev	Soviet Union		8-round magazine. Limited usage.
Fort-12	Semi-automatic pistol	9x18mm Makarov	Ukraine		12-, 13-round magazine.

Bolt-action rifles[]

Name	Type	Cartridge	Origin	Photo	Notes
Mosin–Nagant M1891/30[1]	Bolt action rifle	7.62×54mmR	Russian Empire		5-round magazine, some NAF members equip it with a PU scope to become a sniper rifle.[1] Limited usage.

Carbines[]

Name	Type	Cartridge	Origin	Photo	Notes
SKS[1]	Semi-automatic carbine	7.62×39mm M43	Soviet Union		10-round magazine.
AKS-74U[2]	Carbine	5.45×39mm M74	Soviet Union		30-round magazine.
M4 carbine[1]	Carbine	5.56×45mm NATO	United States		Captured M4 carbines were displayed by the Sparta Battalion in the Donetsk Airport on 18 January 2015. It is not in the inventory of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and claimed by the DPR to have been used by Georgian mercenaries in the battle.[3] In storage due to lack of ammo.

Submachine guns[]

Name	Type	Cartridge	Origin	Photo	Notes
PPSh-41[1]	Submachine gun	7.62×25mm Tokarev	Soviet Union		35-round box magazine and 71-round drum magazine. Limited usage in the beginning of the conflict.[1]
PPS-43[1]	Submachine gun	7.62×25mm Tokarev	Soviet Union		35-round box magazine. Limited usage in the beginning of the conflict.[1]

Assault rifles[]

Name	Type	Cartridge	Origin	Photo	Notes
AKM / AKS[1]	Assault rifle	7.62×39mm M43	Soviet Union		30-round magazine.
AKMS[1]	Assault rifle	7.62×39mm M43	Soviet Union		30-round magazine.
AK-74[1]	Assault rifle	5.45×39mm M74	Soviet Union		30-round magazine.
AK-74M[1]	Assault rifle	5.45×39mm M74	Russia		30-round magazine. Limited usage and have GP-30 attached.
AKS-74[1]	Assault rifle	5.45×39mm M74	Soviet Union		30-round magazine.
AS Val	Assault rifle	9×39mm	Soviet Union		It is produced in Russia and is not known to be in the inventory of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Filmed as carried by rebels in Luhansk in January 2015.[4]

Sniper rifles[]

Name	Type	Cartridge	Origin	Photo	Notes
Dragunov SVD[1]	Sniper rifle	7.62×54mmR	Soviet Union		10-round magazine.
VSS Vintorez[1]	Sniper rifle	9×39mm	Soviet Union		10-, 20-round magazine.

Anti-materiel rifles[]

Name	Type	Cartridge	Origin	Photo	Notes
PTRD[1]	Anti-tank rifle	14.5×114mm	Soviet Union		Single-shot reloadable rifle.
PTRS-41[1]	Anti-tank rifle	14.5×114mm	Soviet Union		5-round magazine.
KSVK / ASVK[1]	Anti-materiel rifle	12.7×108mm	Russia		Introduced for service with Russian forces in 2013. Any exports on this rifle is unknown. The weapon is not in the inventories of Ukrainian government forces, and has not otherwise been documented in the hands of a non-state armed group.[1]

Machine guns[]

Name	Type	Cartridge	Origin	Photo	Notes
RPD[1]	Light machine gun	7.62×39mm	Soviet Union		100-round drum magazine.
RPK[1]	Light machine gun	7.62×39mm	Soviet Union		40-round capacity box magazine or 75-round drum magazine.
RPK-74[1] / RPK-74M[5]	Light machine gun	5.45×39mm M74	Soviet Union		30 or 45-round magazine.
PK / PKM[1]	General-purpose machine gun	7.62×54mmR	Soviet Union		Belt fed with 100, 200 or 250-round boxes. In Ukraine, the PKM is produced under the name KM-7.62.
PKP Pecheneg[1]	General-purpose machine gun	7.62×54mmR	Russia		PKP is not known to be in service with Ukrainian forces, and has only been exported outside of Russia in limited quantities.[1]
DShK[1]	Heavy machine gun	12.7×108mm	Soviet Union		Belt fed with 50-round boxes.
KPV / KPVT[1]	Heavy machine gun	14.5×114mm	Soviet Union		Belt fed with 40 or 50-round boxes.
NSV / NSVT[1]	Heavy machine gun	12.7×108mm	Soviet Union		Belt fed with 50-round boxes. In Ukraine, the NSV is produced under the name KM-12.7 or KT-12.7.

Explosives/armor-piercing weapons[]

Grenades and grenade launchers[]

Name	Type	Diameter	Origin	Photo	Notes
RG-41[1]	Fragmentation grenade	55mm	Soviet Union		5-meter kill radius. Limited usage.
F-1	Fragmentation grenade	55mm	Soviet Union		Reported to be bombarded on government forces using multirotor unmanned aerial vehicles by pro-Russian separatists.[6]
RGD-5[1]	Fragmentation grenade	58mm	Soviet Union		Propels ~350 fragments, 5-meter kill radius, 3.2–4-second fuse.
RGN[1]	Fragmentation grenade	60mm	Soviet Union		4–10-meter kill radius, 3.2–4.2-second fuse.
GP-25[1]	Under-barrel grenade launcher	40mm	Soviet Union		Can be fitted to AK type rifles.
AGS-17[1][7]	Automatic grenade launcher	30mm	Soviet Union		Belt fed with 29-round drums, high rate of fire.

Mines[]

Name	Type	Detonation	Origin	Photo	Notes
MON-50[8]	Anti-personnel mine	Tripwire/Command	Soviet Union		Propels ~485/540 steel projectiles to a kill radius of 50 meters.
MON-90[8]	Anti-personnel mine	Tripwire/Command	Soviet Union		Propels ~2000 steel projectiles to a kill radius of 90 meters.
OZM-72[8]	Anti-personnel bounding mine	Tripwire/Command	Soviet Union		~500g TNT, propels ~2400 steel projectiles.
MON-100[8]	Anti-personnel mine	Pressure	Soviet Union		Propels ~400 steel projectiles to a kill radius of 100 meters.
TM-62M[1]	Anti-tank mine	Pressure	Soviet Union		7.5 kg TNT.

Anti-tank[]

Name	Type	Diameter	Origin	Photo	Notes
RPG-7[1]	Rocket-propelled grenade	Warhead diameter varies	Soviet Union		Reloadable launcher.
TBG-7V	Thermobaric warhead for RPG-7	93mm	Russia		Produced in Russia and never exported to Ukraine.[9]
RPG-18[1]	Rocket-propelled grenade	64mm	Soviet Union		Some of these launchers captured from the separatists were evidently brought from Russia.[1]
RPG-22[1]	Rocket-propelled grenade	72.5mm	Soviet Union		Single-shot disposable launcher.
RPG-26[1]	Rocket-propelled grenade	72.5mm	Soviet Union		Single-shot disposable launcher.
SPG-9[1]	Recoilless rifle	73mm	Soviet Union		Single-shot reloadable launcher.
9K111 Fagot[1]	Anti-tank missile	120mm	Soviet Union		Wire-guided anti-tank missile system.
9K115 Metis[1]	Anti-tank missile	94mm	Soviet Union		Wire-guided anti-tank missile system.
9K114 Shturm[1]	Anti-tank missile	130mm	Soviet Union		Wire-guided anti-tank missile system.
9M133 Kornet[1]	Anti-tank missile	152mm	Russia		The system components were found discarded on a battlefield near Starobesheve.[citation needed] It has not been exported to Ukraine.[1][10]
FGM-148 Javelin	Anti-tank missile	127mm	United States		Many captured from Ukraine forces during 2022 offensives.[11]
NLAW	Anti-tank missile	150mm	United Kingdom		Many captured from Ukraine forces during 2022 offensives.
Panzerfaust 3	Anti-tank missile	60mm	Germany		Many captured from Ukraine forces during 2022 offensives.

Flamethrowers[]

Name	Type	Diameter	Origin	Photo	Notes
RPO-A Shmel[1]	Rocket-propelled flamethrower	93mm	Soviet Union		Some of the launchers captured from the separatists were evidently produced in Russia in 2000s.[1]
MRO-A[12]	Rocket-propelled flamethrower	72.5mm	Russia		It is not known to have been exported outside of Russia.[1]

Vehicles[]

The ongoing war makes the list below include tentative estimates.

Tanks[]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
IS-3	Heavy tank	0	Soviet Union		Rebels managed to repair an IS-3 on a World War 2 monument, though the main gun did not function.[13][14] The tank was later captured by Ukrainian forces.
T-54	Medium tank	1	Soviet Union		Taken from Donetsk historical museum on 7 July 2014.[15]
T-64/A/B/BV/BM	Main battle tank	46+	Soviet Union		Around 46 captured from Ukrainian forces according to the DPR and Russia.[unreliable source?][16] Some were reportedly supplied from Russia.[17][18]
T-72B[1]/B1/BM	Main battle tank	39+	Soviet Union		Three T-72B1 were seen in a convoy in Sverdlovsk.[19] I[20][unreliable source?] Six seen in the 2015 Donetsk Victory Day Parade.[21] More than 34 were reportedly supplied from Russia.[unreliable source?][22] T-72BM is not known to have been exported from Russia to any other country.[17][19] One seen in convoy in Sverdlovsk.[19] Two were destroyed in Starobesheve (one T-72BA and one either T-72BM or another T-72BA[5][10][23]).
T-80	Main Battle Tank	1+	Soviet Union		At least one captured by LDNR forces during 2022 offensive.[24]

Infantry fighting vehicles[]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
BMP-1 / BMP-1P / BMP-1KSh[1]	Infantry fighting vehicle	27+	Soviet Union		Around 27 captured from Ukrainian forces during the Battle of Debaltseve.[unreliable source?] Some were reportedly supplied from Russia.[unreliable source?]
BMP-2[1] / BMP-2K / BMP-2D	Infantry fighting vehicle	108+	Soviet Union		Around 108 captured from Ukrainian forces.[unreliable source?] Some were reportedly supplied from Russia.[unreliable source?]
BMD-1[1]	Airborne infantry fighting vehicle	1	Soviet Union		One captured from the 25th Airborne Brigade. Limited usage.
BMD-2[1]	Airborne infantry fighting vehicle	N/A	Soviet Union		One captured from the 25th Airborne Brigade in April 2014 in Sloviansk. Two captured from Ukrainian Airmobile forces and two lost to them in July–September 2014. Limited usage

Armoured personnel carriers[]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
BTR-60PB[1] / BTR-60R-145BM	Armoured personnel carrier	4	Soviet Union		Four captured from Ukrainian forces.[unreliable source?]
BTR-70[1]	Armoured personnel carrier	14	Soviet Union		14 captured from Ukrainian forces.[unreliable source?]
BTR-80[1]	Armoured personnel carrier	30	Soviet Union		30 captured from Ukrainian forces.[unreliable source?] Some were reportedly supplied from Russia.[25]
MT-LB[1]	Armoured personnel carrier	32	Soviet Union		32 captured from Ukrainian forces.[unreliable source?] Some were reportedly supplied from Russia.[unreliable source?]
MT-LBu	Armoured personnel carrier	3	Soviet Union		3 captured from Ukrainian forces.[unreliable source?]
MT-LBVM[1]	Armoured personnel carrier	1+	Russia[1]		At least one destroyed near Ilovaisk.[5]
MT-LBVMK[1]	Armoured personnel carrier	1+	Russia[1]		At least one destroyed in Ukraine in September 2014.[5]
MT-LB 6MA[1]	Armoured personnel carrier	1+	Russia[1]		At least one destroyed near Ilovaisk.[5]
BTR-7 (BTR-70DI)	Armoured personnel carrier	1	Ukraine		One captured from Ukrainian forces near Ridkodub, Shakhtarsk Raion.[unreliable source?]
BTR-4K/E[1]	Armoured personnel carrier	3	Ukraine		Three captured from Ukrainian forces.[unreliable source?] One BTR-4K captured by the Vostok Battalion from the National Guard of Ukraine.[unreliable source?]
BTR-82AM[1]	Armoured personnel carrier[1]	1+	Russia		It was only adopted in Russia in early 2013. It is not known to have been exported to any other country.[1][5] Seen on videos filmed by the separatists.[5] Also seen destroyed in Novosvitlivka.[26][unreliable source?]

Armored scout vehicles[]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
BRDM-2	Amphibious armoured scout car	N/A	Soviet Union
9P148	Anti-tank guided missile launcher vehicle	4	Soviet Union		4 maybe captured from Ukrainian forces near Debaltseve.[unreliable source?]
9P157-2[27]	Anti-tank guided missile launcher vehicle	N/A	Russia		One used on February 28, 2022.
BRM-1K[1]	Combat reconnaissance vehicle	15	Soviet Union
PRP-4	Artillery reconnaissance vehicle	2	Soviet Union		Two captured from Ukrainian forces.[unreliable source?]

Armoured recovery vehicles[]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
BREM-1[1]	Armoured recovery vehicle	2	Soviet Union		Two captured from Ukrainian forces.[unreliable source?]At least one more captured in 2022 offensives.[28]
IMR-2[1]	Armoured recovery vehicle	2	Soviet Union		Two captured from Ukrainian forces.[unreliable source?]
VT-72B	Armoured recovery vehicle	1	Czechoslovakia		One captured from Ukrainian forces.[unreliable source?]
BTS-4[1]	Armoured recovery vehicle	2+	Ukraine		One captured from Ukrainian forces in the Debaltseve cauldron on 21 February 2015.[unreliable source?]

Military engineering vehicles[]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
BAT-M	Military engineering vehicle	1	Soviet Union		Captured near Debaltseve.
BAT-2	Combat engineering vehicle	3	Soviet Union		Three captured from Ukrainian forces.[unreliable source?]

Minelayers[]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
GMZ-3[5]	Minelayer	1	Soviet Union		One captured from Ukrainian forces near Dzerkalne, Amvrosiivka Raion on 5 September 2014.[unreliable source?]

Trenchers[]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
MDK-3[5]	Trencher	1	Soviet Union		One captured from Ukrainian forces.[5]

Logistics and utility vehicles[]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
UAZ-469	Light utility vehicle	2+	Soviet Union		Two seen north of Sloviansk.[29][unreliable source?]
Humvee	High-mobility multipurpose vehicle	1+	United States		Captured in Debaltsevo after being abandoned by Ukrainian forces.[30]
UAZ-23632-148 Esaul	Armoured utility vehicle	15+	Russia		Photographed by OSCE monitors using a drone at a training area in April 2021. [31][32]
GAZ Vodnik	Infantry mobility vehicle	1+	Russia		Seen in Krasnodon.[33][34][unreliable source?]
Spartan	Light armored vehicle	2+	Ukraine		One captured from the Azov Battalion.[unreliable source?] At least one more captured during 2022 offensive.[35]
BPM-97[36] / Dozor / Dozor-N / Vystrel	Light armored vehicle	10+	Russia		Four seen in the late December LPR military exercises.[37][unreliable source?] 10 vehicles seen in Krasnodon,[33][unreliable source?] several seen in Luhansk.[38][39][unreliable source?]
Ural-4320	Medium cargo truck	N/A	Soviet Union
Kamaz-4310	Medium cargo truck	80+[40]	Soviet Union
Kamaz-65117	Medium cargo truck	N/A	Russia
PTS-2[1]	Amphibious transporter	21	Soviet Union		About 25 were restored from a Lugansk military warehouse.[citation needed] Four captured by Ukrainian forces.[unreliable source?]
Can-Am	All-terrain vehicle	3+	Canada		Seen in Donetsk victory day parade in 2019.

Artillery[]

Mortars[]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
82-BM-37[1]	82mm infantry mortar	N/A	Soviet Union		At least two reported captured from LDNR forces by Ukrainian Force.[41]
120-PM-43 mortar[1]	120-mm infantry mortar	N/A	Soviet Union
2S12 Sani[41]	120mm heavy mortar	N/A	Soviet Union		At least two reported captured from LDNR forces by Ukrainian Forces.[41]
2B14 Podnos[7]	82mm infantry mortar	N/A	Soviet Union		Captured from Ukrainian forces.
2B9 Vasilek[42]	82mm automatic mortar	N/A	Soviet Union		4-mortar shell cassette.
RM-38	50mm infantry mortar	1	Soviet Union		Used by the LPR militia, one taken from a warehouse with World War 2 weaponry.

Field artillery[]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
D-20	152mm howitzer	2	Soviet Union		Observed by OSCE.[43]
D-30[1][44] "Lyagushka"	122mm towed howitzer	35+[45][46]	Soviet Union		Observed by OSCE.[43]
MT-12 Rapira[1]	100mm anti-tank gun	21+	Soviet Union		Observed by OSCE.[43]
[1]	120mm anti-tank gun	3+	Soviet Union		At least three documented in use by the LDNR forces. Ukraine reportedly had only two of these before the war.[47]
2A65 Msta-B[1]	152mm howitzer	19+	Soviet Union		Observed by OSCE.[43]
BS-3[1]	100mm anti-tank gun	1	Soviet Union		Used by the LPR militia, one taken from a warehouse with World War 2 weaponry.

Self-propelled field artillery[]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
2S1 Gvozdika[1]	122mm self-propelled howitzer	11	Soviet Union		Found in numerous places, including Miusinsk along with other weapons brought from Russia. Presence confirmed by OSCE monitoring.[48][49][43]
2S3 Akatsiya[1]	152.4mm self-propelled artillery	7	Soviet Union		Observed by OSCE SMM in violation of withdrawal lines.[43]
2S5 Giatsint-S[1]	152mm self-propelled field gun	1	Soviet Union		One captured from Ukrainian forces.[unreliable source?]
2S7 Pion	203 mm self-propelled artillery	2+	Soviet Union		Two seen in Makiivka.[50][51]
2S9 Nona-S[1]	120mm self-propelled mortar	2	Soviet Union		One captured from the 25th Airborne Brigade. One captured by Ukrainian forces on 5 July 2014.[unreliable source?]
2S19 Msta-S[1]	152mm self-propelled howitzer	3+	Soviet Union		Two reportedly captured from Ukrainian forces.[unreliable source?] One more is suspected to come from Russia.[39][unreliable source?]
2S4 Tyulpan	240mm self-propelled mortar	1+	Soviet Union		One mortar was observed by OSCE in 2015.[52]

Rocket artillery[]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
BM-21 Grad (9K51)[1][53]	122mm multiple rocket launcher	18+	Soviet Union		18 claimed to be captured from Ukrainian forces after battles near the border with Russia.[54][unreliable source?]
Grad-K[36] ("Grad" on KamAZ-5350 chassis)	122mm multiple rocket launcher	N/A	Russia		The 2B26 machine is a Russian modification of the original BM-21 launcher. It was first produced in 2011.[55][unreliable source?] It is seen on a video with separatists firing Grads in January 2015.[36][56][unreliable source?][57]
Grad-P	122mm light portable rocket system	N/A	Soviet Union		Several seen in several Luhansk region areas.[58]
BM-27 Uragan	220mm multiple rocket launcher	6+	Soviet Union		Two seen in Khartsyzk in February 2015.[59] Three captured in March 2022[60] At least one captured during 2022 offensives.[61]
BM-30 Smerch	300mm multiple rocket launcher	2+	Soviet Union		At least two seen in Makiivka in February 2015.[62][63]
TOS-1 Buratino	220mm multiple rocket launcher and thermobaric weapon	1+	Russia		Observed in a training area in LPR-controlled Kruhlyk.[64]

Air Defences[]

Towed anti-aircraft gun[]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
ZU-23-2[1]	23mm anti-aircraft gun	2+	Soviet Union		Some are mounted on trucks. Two seen in a Sverdlovsk convoy attached to MT-LBs.[19]

Air defense vehicles[]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
ZSU-23-4 Shilka	Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon	1+	Soviet Union		At least one captured during 2022 offensive.[35]
9K33 Osa[1]	6x6 amphibious surface-to-air missile system	1	Soviet Union		One claimed to be captured from Ukrainian forces in the "southern cauldron".[1][54][unreliable source?]
9K35 Strela-10[1][53]	Short range surface-to-air missile	3+	Soviet Union		One from the Vostok Battalion was seen near the Donetsk Airport in July 2014 nicknamed "Лягушонок" (frogling).[1][65][unreliable source?] One seen in a Sverdlovsk convoy.[19] Another one spotted by OSCE SMM in 2021 nearl Luhansk.[66]
Pantsir-S1	Medium range surface-to-air missile	1+	Russia		It is not known to have been exported to Ukraine. Seen in Luhansk and Makiivka in early 2015.[36][67][68][69][unreliable source?] Its used rocket components were also reported to be observed in Ukraine in November 2014.[1]

Man-portable air-defense systems[]

Name	Type	Max. altitude	Origin	Photo	Notes
9K32 Strela-2[1]	Man-portable air-defense system	1500m	Soviet Union		Some Ukrainian stocks of Strela-2s went missing early in the conflict, and are presumably under NAF control.[1]
PPZR Grom[1]	Man-portable air-defense system	3500m	Poland		This Polish weapon was reportedly captured from pro-Russian separatists. It was fitted with a Russian-made 9P516 gripstock, designed for the 9K38 Igla. Russian forces are known to have captured some of these from Georgia.[1]
9K38 Igla[1]	Man-portable air-defense system	3500m	Soviet Union		Supplied by Russia (Ukrainian claim).[1][70][71] Captured from Ukrainian armouries (DPR claim).[72] The system has identification friend or foe system which undermines DPR claims.[73][unreliable source?]

Electronic warfare[]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
R-330Zh Zhitel	Anti-cellular and satellite communications jamming station	1+	Russia		One station spotted by a unmanned aerial vehicle of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission near Michurine in August 2015 and 11 km south of Donetsk city in June 2016.[74][75]
RB-341V Leer-3	Anti-GSM reconnaissance and jamming station, with Orlan-10 drones	1+	Russia		Spotted by the OSCE SMM near Chornukhyne, 64 km SW of Luhansk on 28 July 2018.[76] Observed by OSCE in 2020.[77]
R-934B Sinitsa	Jamming station	1+	Russia		Observed by OSCE in 2020.[77]
RB-636 Svet-KU	Radio control and information protection system	1+	Russia		Observed by OSCE in 2020.[77]
1L269 Krasukha-2	Anti-air jamming station	1+	Russia		Spotted by the OSCE SMM near Chornukhyne, 64 km SW of Luhansk on 28 July 2018.[76]
RB-109A Bylina	Brigade-level electronic warfare automated control system	1+	Russia		Spotted by the OSCE SMM near Chornukhyne, 64 km SW of Luhansk on 28 July 2018.[76]
Repellent-1	Anti-drone electronic warfare system	1+	Russia		Spotted by the OSCE SMM near Chornukhyne, 64 km SW of Luhansk on 28 July 2018.[76]
51U6 Kasta-2E1	C-band ultra-high frequency (300 MHz-1 GHz) 2D target acquisition radar designed to acquire the range and heading of small targets flying at low altitudes. Installed on KamAZ-43114 6×6 off-road chassis.	1	Russia		Observed at a training area near Buhaivka, 37 km southwest of Luhansk by OSCE SMM drone.[66]

Aircraft[]

Combat jets[]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
Aero L-29 Delfín[78]	Military trainer aircraft/Light attack aircraft	2+	Czechoslovakia		At least one plane retrofited from Lugansk museum.[79][80] On 19 January 2015, a LPR militia video showed a Georgian volunteer test driving a operational L-29 on a runway.[81] In 2018, one L-29 was displayed in Donetsk on Victory Day.
Sukhoi Su-25	Military strike aircraft	1	Soviet Union		On 7 July 2014, LPR Defence Minister Igor Plotnitsky announced to ITAR-TASS that a Ukrainian Su-25 made an emergency landing after being shot at, and was captured by the LPR forces.[82] The Ukrainian military denied the incident.[83] On 2 February 2015, the restored LPR Su-25 allegedly conducted a sortie on a Ukrainian Army convoy near Debaltseve.[84]

Helicopters[]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
Mil Mi-24	helicopter gunship attack helicopter	7+	Soviet Union		Abandoned by crews and captured by Russian military[85]
Mil Mi-8	transport helicopter	1+	Soviet Union		Abandoned by crews and captured by Russian military[86]
Mil Mi-2	transport helicopter	1+	Soviet Union  Poland		Abandoned by crews and captured by Russian military[87]

Unmanned aerial vehicles[]

Name	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
[88][89][90][91][92]		Russia
Forpost (IAI Searcher)[89]		Israel  Russia		Five unmanned aerial vehicles shot down by Ukrainian forces.[93][94][95]
[96]		Russia
[89]		Russia
[97]		Russia
[98]		Russia		Ground control station
Orlan-10[1][89]	6+	Russia		Four shot down by Ukrainian forces in 2014[1][99][unreliable source?] and one in 2016. Another one crashed on Ukrainian territory in 2017.[100][unreliable source?]
[101]		Russia
[102]		Russia
Zastava (IAI Bird-Eye 400)[103][89][104]		Israel  Russia
Unknown unmanned aerial vehicle number 2166[89]		Russia
Unknown unmanned aerial vehicle number 2207[89]		Russia
Non-military unmanned aerial vehicle				Quadcopters, fixed-wing drones.[89] One used by the rebels during the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport.[1]

Ships[]

Motorboats[]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
	Motorboat	25[105]			Used by 9th Regiment of the Marine Corps in Sea of Azov.[105]
Gyurza-M-class artillery boat	gunboat	2[106]	Ukraine		Captured during 2022 offensive.
	Seagoing Tug	1[106]	Ukraine		Captured during 2022 offensive.
	Patrol boat	5[106]			Captured during 2022 offensive.

See also[]

• Weapons of the Russo-Ukrainian War
• List of equipment of the Ukrainian Ground Forces
• List of equipment of the Russian Ground Forces

References[]