Cost of the War
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The Cost of
Russia's War

A running, source-cited estimate of what Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine is burning through — and what that money could have built instead.

Spent so far today · resets at 00:00 UTC
elapsed of ~$916M/day
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≈ $38M every hour
≈ $916M every day
— days into the full-scale invasion
Scale

Put another way

Independent estimates tie this spending to other numbers that are easier to picture.

28
years of Russia's entire healthcare budget
30
years of Russia's education budget
~100
annual budgets of a major Russian region
Based on cumulative war spending through Q1 2026, per Janis Kluge / SWP.
Opportunity cost

What that money could build

Based on everything Russia has spent since the full-scale invasion began on 24 February 2022, using average public construction and procurement costs from open Ukrainian sources.

Methodology

Where the numbers come from

Every figure here is an estimate, openly sourced and rounded for clarity. War spending is deliberately obscured by Russia's government, so all tallies are reconstructed by independent researchers from budget documents.

These figures are estimates for educational and awareness purposes — actual costs vary widely by region, scale, and methodology, and Russia does not publish verifiable war-spending data. Numbers are reviewed periodically as new reporting becomes available.
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