"Plus" 160 billion: Russian expenditures for war exceeds the costs of all Europe - the Times

Meanwhile, the Kremlin continues to "burn" money for war and tendencies to reduce are not noticeable. The Times said about how the opportunities of Europeans and Americans. The publication has decided to analyze the military expenses collected in The Military Balance. The Iissal Institute Institute for Strategic Studies) were also used by the International Institute of Strategic Studies.

The purpose of the analysis is to understand what opportunities Europeans have in order to protect themselves from the Russian Federation. Another question is whether they will help the growth of defense budgets, as Donald Trump advises. Germany increased the budget by 23. 3%, but did not even approach the budget and opportunities of the United States, found analysts.

As a result, it was found out that in the third year of the War of Moscow still exceeds all European countries at military expenditures. The portal published The Military Balance infographic with expenses in 2023 and 2024 PP. Infographic shows the unchanged advantage of the United States and the fact that only the combined budgets of China and the Russian Federation are approaching the military budget of Americans.

What do the cost charts show for the top 5 countries? The Times also cited NATO expenditures and NATO members. Today the North Atlantic Alliance has a total budget of $ 1. 44 trillion. Europe's contribution is $ 442 billion: it is less than the costs of the Russian Federation, and three times less than the US fate. If all EU member states increase the defense budgets to 3%, it will increase by $ 250 billion, up to $ 5%-$ 800 billion.

Analysts noted that Europeans could really strengthen the defense if they had increased military expenditures, but it is not yet noticeable that all EU members agree to it. "Currently, such figures are unattainable as some countries use extra -budgetary tools to strengthen budgets," Iiss's conclusion stated. It should be noted that on January 23, Defense One spoke about negotiations between NATO member countries, which decide how to buy weapons for Ukraine.