Ukraine’s Two Deficits: A $27 Billion Defense Shortfall and 140 Russian Ballistic Missiles a Month
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Ukraine’s Two Deficits: A $27 Billion Defense Shortfall and 140 Russian Ballistic Missiles a Month
Two shortfalls are converging on Ukraine before winter. The first is fiscal: a $27 billion defense funding gap, roughly $4 billion in European Union assistance already delayed by parliamentary deadlock, and a share of $29.5 billion in planned funds contingent on legislation Kyiv has not passed. The second is physical: Russia is producing 140 ballistic missiles a month, and intercepting them at the ratio Ukrainian air defense requires means 280 i…
"Currently, Russia produces 140 ballistic missiles per month. According to NATO standards, to destroy 140 missiles, 280 air defense missiles are needed. We will never have 280 missiles per month," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an exclusive interview with the Russian edition of Deutsche Welle. "To be honest, even 100 missiles per month is a huge problem, but that's exactly what we need. We need about 100-120 missiles for these di…
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — Ukraine is entering one of its most challenging periods since Russia's full-scale invasion began more than four years ago. Pressure is no longer coming solely from the front lines, but also...
Kiev fears a new wave of Russian strikes on its energy infrastructure during the coldest months.
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