Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a military budget for 2025-2027, according to a document published this Sunday (1st).
The Russian state budget for next year includes a 25% increase in military spending, but will be the most secret in post-Soviet history, with almost a third of all spending closed to the public.
The government has recognized that the needs of what Moscow calls a “special military operation in Ukraine” and support for the armed forces will remain the budget priority, along with social needs and technological development.
The government presented the draft budget as “balanced”, with the deficit falling to 0.5% compared to this year’s projected deficit of 1.7% and state debt remaining below the 20% mark for the next three years. years.
Understand the War between Russia and Ukraine
Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and entered the territory from three fronts: through the Russian border, through Crimea and through Belarus, a country that is a strong ally of the Kremlin. Forces loyal to President Vladimir Putin made significant advances in the first few days, but the Ukrainians managed to maintain control of Kiev, even though the city was also attacked.
The invasion was criticized internationally and the Kremlin was the target of Western economic sanctions.
In October 2024, after thousands of deaths, the war in Ukraine entered what analysts describe as its most dangerous moment yet. Tensions rose when Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the use of an intermediate-range hypersonic missile during an attack on Ukrainian soil. The projectile carried conventional warheads, but is capable of carrying nuclear material.
The launch took place after Ukraine launched an offensive inside Russian territory using weapons manufactured by Western powers, such as the United States, the United Kingdom and France.
Western intelligence reports that Russia is using North Korean troops in the conflict in Ukraine. Moscow and Pyongyang neither deny nor confirm the report. President Vladimir Putin, who replaced his defense minister in May, has said that Russian forces are advancing much more effectively — and that Russia will achieve all of its objectives in Ukraine, although he did not give details.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he believes Putin’s main goals are to occupy the entire Donbass region, encompassing the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and to expel Ukrainian troops from the Kursk region of Russia, which they have controlled parts of since August. .
With information from CNN.
This content was originally published in Putin approves Russia’s 2025-2027 budget with military focus on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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