The war unleashed by Putin will hit the Russian population. Especially, the most vulnerable strata will feel the consequences.
The costs of the Russian Federation in the 9 months of full-scale invasion and war against Ukraine amounted to about 82 billion dollars, which is equal to about a quarter of its annual budget. This is reported by Forbes.
It is noted that for the Kremlin, the ‘bill for the war’ next year may turn out to be too high, since its own resources for military needs are running out. The $82 billion spent by Moscow from February 24 to today includes direct costs necessary to support military aggression against Ukraine, but the amount does not include sustained defense spending or losses in the economy.
Given that Russia’s budget revenues in 2021 amounted to $340 billion, the current amount from the ‘war check’ is roughly a quarter of the annual budget.
Continuing full-scale aggression for the Kremlin now requires more money, given the decline in Russian federal budget revenues from oil and gas exports, the loss of a large part of the EU gas market after the suspension of supplies via Nord Stream, as well as sanctions on Russian oil that will come into force in December .
According to analysts, the cost of the war for Russia has doubled this fall, and it now requires at least $10 billion a month.
On average, Russia spends about 200 dollars a day on one of its soldiers. The total costs for the salaries of military personnel involved in hostilities amount to about 2.7 billion dollars after mobilization. 5 billion dollars.
According to various estimates, Russia used from 10,000 to 50,000 shells per day in its war against Ukraine, which in monetary terms amounts to more than 5.5 billion dollars. The Russians fired more than 4,000 missiles into Ukraine. The average cost of one such is 3 million dollars.
In general, all the lost equipment for 9 months of the great war cost Russia 20.8 billion dollars.
