Russia Has Enough Resources to Wage War Through 2028, Ukraine's Military Intelligence Says
Ukrainian intelligence says Russia can still fund the war for two more years as strikes and sanctions strain its economy.
- On Monday, September 7, Ukraine's Defense Intelligence Chief Oleh Ivashchenko warned that Russia possesses enough resources to sustain its war through 2027 and 2028, while preparing intensified attacks on energy infrastructure this winter.
- Ukraine's strikes are degrading Russia's production and logistics, contributing to an $82 billion federal budget deficit. Ivashchenko stated these disruptions force Moscow to redirect resources toward repairs while struggling with labor shortages and banking sector instability.
- Researcher Janis Kluge of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs reported federal budget expenditures on the war reached a record 10.687 trillion rubles in the first half of 2026, with military costs accounting for 43.8% of all spending.
- POLITICO reported on September 4 that Chinese state-owned companies supplied sanctioned Rosatom subsidiaries with 46 metric tons of carbon-fiber materials for strike drones. Ivashchenko emphasized that restricting Russia's access to foreign components remains essential to eroding Moscow's ability to finance operations.
- Russia is introducing new loitering munitions, Banderol and Dan-T, which combine cruise missile and drone features and travel at speeds of 500 to 700 kilometers per hour. These weapons use artificial intelligence to improve accuracy and autonomy, complicating Ukrainian air defenses as winter approaches.
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After 21 packages of European sanctions, the Russian economy has not yet collapsed, as predicted by some since the beginning of the conflict. And days ahead to support the war in Ukraine seems to have many more. Not the apparatuses of Moscow say, but the head of Ukrainian military intelligence (Hur), Oleh Ivashchenko, in an interview with Ukrinform: "The main [...] The article Head of Ukrainian intelligence: "Russia has resources to continue the…
Ukrainian GUR Chief Ivashchenko: Russia has resources for war until 2027-2028
Russia retains industrial and mobilization capacity to sustain hostilities through 2027-2028, despite economic weakness. Ukrainian intelligence assesses the threat from Belarus as low, with no signs of Minsk entering the war directly, though Russian...
The Kremlin has enough resources to wage war for another two years, Oleh Ivashchenko, the head of Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR), told the Ukrinform website on Monday.
Numbers result from an analysis of data from the Russian Ministry of Finance by Janis Kluge, researcher at the German Institute for International Affairs and Security (SWP), and released by 'Kyiv Post'
The aggressor country's spending on the war against Ukraine has increased significantly. Russia's federal budget allocated a new record amount for the war against Ukraine in the first half of 2026, amounting to 10.687 trillion rubles. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing calculations based on Russian Ministry of Finance data by Janis Kluge, a research fellow at the German Institute for International Security Studies, and The Moscow Times. Ru…
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