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![Illustrative image. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (5th L) poses for a photo with Ukrainian soldiers during his visit to the Bakhmut frontline in Donetsk region, Bakhmut, Ukraine, on March 22, 2023. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Illustrative image. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (5th L) poses for a photo with Ukrainian soldiers during his visit to the Bakhmut frontline in Donetsk region, Bakhmut, Ukraine, on March 22, 2023. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Graphic representing Russian spending increases]( "Russia's military spending is higher than predicted")
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![Joseph Place]( "Joseph Place")
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- War in Ukraine
German intelligence estimates that Russia’s true military spending may be 66% higher than officially reported, amounting to roughly 10% of GDP and nearly half of the federal budget. We show how it compares to historical and present examples.![The mechanical lifting and transport phase of a historical stone monument. (Source: 128th Separate Heavy Mechanized Brigade "Dyke Pole")]( "Ukrainian Soldiers Rescue 12th-Century Stone Babas From Frontline Zaporizhzhia")
![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)]( "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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![Photo of Ivan Khomenko]( "Photo of Ivan Khomenko")
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- Latest news
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.![Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, poses for a portrait in Kyiv. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, poses for a portrait in Kyiv. (Source: Getty Images)")
![A serviceman in protective equipment analyzes a suspected chemical agent sample collected from the field. (Source: Public Affairs Officer of the Command of the Support Forces Lt. Col. Maksym Kravchuk)]( "Ukraine Reports Over 13,000 Cases of Russian Chemical Agent Use Since 2022")
-0c8b60607d90d50391d4ca580d823e18.png "Russia's military spending is higher than predicted")
-605be766de04ba3d21b67fb76a76786a.jpg "Joseph Place")
-d3a157681c162cfaad134697053ff774.jpg "Ukrainian Soldiers Rescue 12th-Century Stone Babas From Frontline Zaporizhzhia")
-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)")
