Moscow has launched its most ambitious weapons program since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine's military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov said.
  • megopie@beehaw.orgEnglish
    10·
    8 months ago

    Sounds like Putin wants to have his Baltic desert before he’s even finished his Ukraine.

  • remotelove@lemmy.ca
    6·
    8 months ago

    A $1.1 trillion spend for Russia might actually get them a partially working aircraft carrier.

  • t3rmit3@beehaw.org
    6·
    8 months ago

    Do I believe that Putin would love to start shit with many of his neighboring countries? Absolutely, yes.

    Do I believe that Ukrainian intelligence (and government in general) has a great self-interest in other countries beefing up their defense spending, and possibly using Ukraine as a proxy to further erode the Russian military? Absolutely, yes.

  • Frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    5·
    8 months ago

    With what economy? Russia has a yearly GDP of $2.2T. Going to spend 50% of that on defense in one year? Or are we talking over the course of 10 years? At which point the geopolitical situation will have changed and Putin will likely be dead.