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[–] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Doesn't include weapons and equipment. It's like Parenti joked: turns out military budgets don't cover war.

[–] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

So what does it cover? I am confused

[–] Flavourful@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Probably financial aid to keep the state functioning. Paying out pensions, wages for the government workers, keeping hospitals running, buying food and arms for the army and such. The regular costs to keep a country going. Last numbers I saw Ukraines economy shrank by 20% after a year since Russias invasion. Most of the aid from the EU is financial and not arms.

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