Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Budanov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Budanov</span></a> may be exaggerating a little, but even if so, it still tracks with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>'s behavior so far</p><p>They are barking mad</p><p>"Russia plans to spend over a trillion dollars on rearmament by 2036 - Budanov"</p><p><a href="https://unn.ua/en/news/russia-plans-to-spend-over-a-trillion-dollars-on-rearmament-by-2036-budanov" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">unn.ua/en/news/russia-plans-to</span><span class="invisible">-spend-over-a-trillion-dollars-on-rearmament-by-2036-budanov</span></a></p><p>Just for reference, the annual GDP of Russia is around $2 Trillion (less than Italy, Canada, or Brazil)</p><p>They plan to outspend <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> </p><p>Problem is, Ukraine has support in the financial department, morons</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UkraineWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UkraineWar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a></p>