October 11, 2026, 3:03 pm
Sometimes, it helps to follow the money.
As the war in Ukraine approaches another hard winter, we’re starting to get budgetary clues about the plans Kyiv and Moscow have for continuing the fighting into 2027.
Budgets certainly don’t tell us everything and a lot of their content is classified, but today we’re going to go through some of what we know so far and what it might tell us about the priorities for both sides and the balance of resources and funding going into 2027.
And yes, we also have to talk diesel, data centres & deficits.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 — Intro
00:00:43 — What Am I Talking About?
00:01:23 — Russia’s War Economy 2026
00:07:09 — What Does the Funding Tell Us?
00:14:16 — The Other Side: Ukraine
00:24:20 — Where Does the Cash Go?
00:39:04 — What to Watch
00:54:45 — Ukraine’s Winter
00:58:19 — Towards 2027
01:00:02 — Channel Update
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