Russia will increase defense spending by 20% – British intelligence

First of all, they want to resume production of military equipment.

Government expenditures of Russia > Defense will increase by 600-700 billion rubles, which will approach 20% growth in Russia's defense budget, according to British intelligence.

600-700 billion rubles (8.5-10 billion pounds), which could be close to increasing Russia's defense budget by 20%, “- said in a report by British analysts.

The increase in funding will allow the country's defense industry to be slowly mobilized to meet the demands of the war in Ukraine. However, the industry may face many goals, in part due to sanctions and a lack of experience.

“Russia's production of high-quality optics and advanced electronics is likely to remain problematic and could undermine all efforts to replace lost equipment in Ukraine.” , – analysts point out.

At the same time, Russia's main operational effort now is to attack Severodonetsk, where its western group of troops has probably made little progress in the Kharkiv direction for the first time in weeks.

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Cost $ 900 million . This does not take into account indirect losses, such as those incurred due to sanctions.

See special topic: “If they had heard me, Ukraine would have had a better chance”: Zelensky responded to Biden's accusations. In the Donetsk region, the Russian military tried to scrap components for its own air defense complex. In the Izyum direction, the occupiers are trying to establish control over the Mother of God and are preparing an offensive on Slovyansk Fighting continues in the region. Russia launches missile strike on Odessa region from Crimea Ukrainian air defense forces shot down two enemy missiles. The enemy continues to fire on Sumy region: about half a hundred arrivals per day OVA Chairman Zhyvytskyi reported on the consequences of the shelling of the region by Russian occupiers.

Based on materials: ZN.ua

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