Estimates from researchers in the U.S. in July suggested that the Kremlin faces eye-watering costs for its payouts to troops injured in the war in Ukraine.

Summary

Russia has cut compensation for troops injured in Ukraine, limiting full payouts of 3 million rubles ($30,000) to those with severe, life-threatening injuries.

Soldiers with minor wounds will now receive reduced payments between 1 million ($10,000) and 100,000 ($1,000) rubles.

This change comes as Russia faces escalating war expenses, with casualty compensation costs estimated at 2.3 trillion rubles ($26 billion) by mid-2024.

High personnel losses have led to recruitment efforts funded by regional social welfare budgets, diverting resources from vulnerable populations, raising concerns about future mobilization efforts and public discontent.

  • Gork@lemm.eeEnglish
    9·
    8 days ago

    Interesting thumbnail poster, using both Zа and Беz spelling. I wonder if the Latin letter Z will eventually replace the Cyrillic variant, З, the longer this war drags on.

    I can see it being more practical since З looks an awful lot like 3 for it to be confusing on a daily basis.

    • Exec@pawb.socialEnglish
      18·
      8 days ago

      Nearly 3 years into the 3-day special operation that was originally marked with the letter Z, no wonder it’s confusing

      • Gork@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        8 days ago

        This is why monospaced serif typesets are programmer’s best friend. That and they look cool.

        Or for the numbers, whatever typeset they use for marking airport runways.

        • humorlessrepost@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          8 days ago

          Especially ones with awesome ligatures, like FiraCode. Feels so weird when I’m not on my computer and I see raw multi-character symbols like != and =>