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Only 500MM per day. Very affordable for a couple of weeks. After 6 months, though, that's a $90 billion accumulated bill. That's not including escalation of cos

Only 500MM per day. Very affordable for a couple of weeks. After 6 months, though, that's a $90 billion accumulated bill. That's not including escalation of costs as everything gets more difficult. Unlike the United States with its US dollar, Russia does not own the reserve currency of the world, so it cannot really afford to wage war at this level of intensity for the next 10 to 20 years that it would need to, in order to hope to achieve its extreme political and military objectives. It's a clearly idiotic an egregiously costly strategic error.

ksec 5y ago
But they are partly bankrolled by China. They will wont be able to sustain years of war, but it could go on much longer than expected.
- rjzzleep 5y ago
  There's also a new Gas pipeline deal with China. Although when there is no other trading partner but China left, I bet China's conditions on the deal beats Germany's wildest dreams. The biggest winner out of this diplomacy mess of the last decades seems to be China. Just like with the 10 year lease China got in Afghanistan from the Taliban.
- majewsky 5y ago
  Why is that in China's interest though? As a casual observer, all I can see right now is Russia messing up China's Belt and Road strategy, in which Ukraine is one of several transit countries towards Europe.
  - ksec 5y ago
    >Why is that in China's interest though? That is a good question with no concrete or simple answer. Apart from they are allies. May be China wants to gain control of Russia as some have stated ( I find that highly unlikely ), or Xi wanted a test and see how Taiwan could be handled.