-97a9c1108c0dd37eb6e5c065a13348a4.png "The war slot machine: every \"spin\" costs $2.6 million—the economic price of a single soldier's life that the Kremlin continuously pays to fuel its aggression. (Source: Oleksandr Manukians/UNITED24 Media)")
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Russia has burned through more than its entire annual GDP to seize a fraction of Ukrainian land. A new economic analysis reveals that Putin’s five-year invasion has cost the Russian Federation a staggering $2.5 trillion in human capital, destroyed machinery, and economic collapse—averaging a massive $90 million for every square mile occupied.
