Since Ukraine is fighting in debt, NATO+Ukraine's expenditures amounted to $360-370 against Russia's $63.6 billion, 6 times more. I note that this is only military expenditures and this is only half of the spending. Let's assume that financial aid is including Ukrainian over-spending of $97 billion, but this is not all. And there are also humanitarian expenditures. In total, NATO's extra spending on SMO for 2 years amounted to at least about 500 billion.
Russia is hardly in the top 5 in terms of spending to GDP. In first place Ukraine 37%, second place Algeria with 8.2%, third place Saudis with 7.1% and only then Russia with 5.9% with Oman and Israel following on its heels with 5.4% and 5.3%. Russia increased spending 4.1% to 5.9% of GDP, only by 1.8%.
P.S. Iran has cut its spending.
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