It is estimated that Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has cost Russia up to $211 billion in equipping, deploying, and maintaining its troops in Ukraine, a senior U.S. defense official told Reuters on Feb. 16.
It is estimated that Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has cost Russia up to $211 billion in equipping, deploying, and maintaining its troops in Ukraine, a senior U.S. defense official told Reuters on Feb. 16.
The people they lost have have been young men and prisoners, mostly - people they don’t actually want, and are happy to find a way to remove.
And the dream of actually participating in world society is nice, but it would require them to stop the rampant corruption in their society. Which is unlikely, since all the way up the chain is a kleptocracy.