On March 19, 2022 Anonymous commentedon Russia’s high military costs in Ukraine. Such costs are unsustainable.
Components of military budget include operations/maintenance, military personnel [4], R&D (including testing & evaluation) and so on [1]. Russia has already spent nearly 5% of yearly military budget [2, 3], which adversely effects Russia’s R&D program. If Russia continues the Ukraine invasion for another month, its design bureau such as Rubin [5]for diesel electric submarines might be seriously damaged. Illegal technology transfer from Russia to third countries will be inevitable. Russia may have also lost US$5 Billion in military equipment [6] such as tanks and aircraft.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States#By_title
[2]According to Professor Takahashi, the estimated operation cost during the Iraq War was from US$100 to 150 million per day. Russia had already spent between US$2.4-3.6 Billion million USD (4-6% of its yearly military budget (US$61.7 Billion)) after 24 days invading Ukraine.
[3] https://jp.knoema.com/atlas/%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A2%E9%80%A3%E9%82%A6/%E8%BB%8D%E4%BA%8B%E8%B2%BB%E7%8F%BE%E5%9C%A8%E3%81%AE%E7%B1%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AB Russia’s 2020 Financial Year military budget was US$61.7 Billion.
[4]Numbers of Russian military personnel are 900,000 and average monthly payment for each is US$900. Then annual payment of Russian military personnel is 900,000 x 900 x 12 month = US$9.7 Billion.
[5]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubin_Design_Bureau
[6]https://www.thedefensepost.com/2022/03/14/russia-military-equipment-ukraine/