SpaceWar.com reports: “President Vladimir Putin signed Russia’s new budget on Sunday, which includes record spending on military capabilities as Moscow’s assault on Ukraine approaches the three-year mark.
More than 32% of the nation’s 2025 spending plan, or about $126 million, is earmarked for defense, a record. That amounts to 13.5 trillion rubles, and is up about 4% over this year’s military budget.
Putin signed the spending plan as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskty, who has been on a nearly non-stop world fundraising tour, met with European Union officials who have traveled to Ukraine to offer Zelensky support…”
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