Recruits hold their weapons during military training at a firing range in the Russian-controlled Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. A campaign to replenish Russian troops in Ukraine with more soldiers appears to be underway again, with makeshift …‘s defense spending is set to surge to about 30% of total public expenditures in 2024, British defense officials said Sunday.
According to the leaked documents, Russian government officials proposed a defense budget next year of 10.8 trillion rubles — about $108 billion. That is equivalent to 6% of‘s GDP and a 68% increase over 2023, U.K. military intelligence officials said on social media.
“We continue to build up the combat power of the armed forces,” Mr. Shoigu said in a video posted last week by Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to‘s Ministry of Internal Affairs. “in particular by supplying modern weapons and improving the training of troops, taking into account the experience of the ‘special military operation.’”‘s forces run out of funds. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Monday cited the stopgap spending bill passed by the U.S.