How much did Russia spend in the war against Ukraine?

How much did Russia spend in the war against Ukraine?

Nika Chitadze.

Professor of the International Black Sea University

Director of the Center for International Studies

According to reports, Russia spent about 82 billion dollars in 9 months, which is about a quarter of Russia's annual budget.

It should be noted that Russia spends about 200 dollars per soldier. After the mobilization, the total cost of the salaries of the soldiers involved in the fighting amounted to 2.7 billion dollars. Also, the compensation amount allocated to the families of the wounded and dead soldiers exceeded 3.5 billion dollars.

Russia used up to 50,000 shells per day, which is worth more than 5.5 billion dollars.

Russian forces have launched more than 4,000 missiles at Ukrainian cities, the cost of each of them is 3 million dollars.

In addition, Russia lost 278 aircraft, each worth an average of $18 million, as well as 261 helicopters worth $104 million. The total loss of Russian military aviation is about 8 billion dollars.

According to analysts' calculations, Russia lost 2,897 of its 3,300 tanks.

In the war against Ukraine, the total value of equipment lost by Russia in 9 months is 20.8 billion dollars.

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