A day of war costs Russia almost a billion dollars, and 41% of the country's budget goes to defense. This was reported by Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate. “This is a very costly war in general. A day of this war costs a little below a billion for them, and that’s a huge amount of money,” he said. When asked about the economic potential of the Russian Federation, the head of the military noted: “Issues have already emerged, but we shouldn’t deceive ourselves. Even official data confirms that 41 percent of their spending is on defense. These are abnormal figures, almost all social programs, healthcare, education were curtailed to keep this budget running. That is, the negative financial and economic impact on the Russian Federation is already tangible.” At the same time, Budanov added that as long as Russia has oil, gas, metal, precious metals and stones, “they will balance.”