Cross-posted from: https://feddit.de/post/9438338
Military pay, ammunition, tanks, planes, and compensation for dead and wounded soldiers, all contribute to the GDP figures. Put simply, the war against Ukraine is now the main driver of Russia’s economic growth.
And it is a war that Russia cannot afford to win. The cost of rebuilding and maintaining security in a conquered Ukraine would be too great, and an isolated Russia could at best hope to become a junior partner entirely dependent on China.
NATO is a defensive pact and Ukraine is not in it.
If a NATO member declared war on Russia there is no obligation from others to go to war.
You are derailing. No NATO member plans to attack that dumpster country. The opposite is the car: The dumb asshole ruzzkis did go to war and are considering to continue and to enhance it. And that’s why I say NATO and Europe should prepare.