Research: ‘Ukraine war costs Russian military €20B per day’
I guess these numbers we see in the west are a matter of perspective eh [1]? Other estimates say it&#x27;s a calculated low cost ($500M) war.<p>Has the world gone insane? People in the west are cheering on war escalations as if it&#x27;s some fun weekend recreational activity. People on HN are posting suggestions to join the ukrainian forces, because I guess all those weapons they bought at walmart need to be put to use somehow.<p>The West thinks that China isn&#x27;t on Russias side because they didn&#x27;t Veto the UN resolution as well, but they&#x27;re just smart enough to take note of everything that is happening to make sure that they have contingencies of everything that is happening. You&#x27;ll probably see them further removing reserves from foreign countries, further pushing CIPS across the global south, etc.<p>Japan has joined the west in sanctioning Belarus. The EU has passed a resolution to ban Russian media outlets(and encryption, not in the same go). Apple Wallet kicked out russian banks, UK is freezing Russian assets, rating agencies have downgraded russia to junk status, all without UN mandate. All the semblance of international law has been thrown out the window. I can&#x27;t help but ask, if this is what the West is willing to do for Ukraine without joining the EU or NATO what would have happened if it had joined either?<p>Best case, everyone in the global south will pull out of the wests financial systems over the next couple of the decades further embolstering China and we&#x27;ll see more non google&#x2F;apple choice in the smartphone&#x2F;tech market and governments outside of the west returning to a more cash based society and this will blow over with some collateral damage. Worst case this doesn&#x27;t just blow over and Russia is backed in such a corner that is in fact no option but full scale war with the west.<p>I think you guys(especially the europeans) ought to ask your grandparents(if they&#x27;re still alive) how fun the last world war was, since asking Lybians is out of the question(they&#x27;re stuck on boats). Iraq which was basically a massacre and destruction of Iraq left thousands in the west traumatized and millions decimated over there. And that&#x27;s a country that has nowhere near the support nor the military capability russia had.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;asiatimes.com&#x2F;2022&#x2F;03&#x2F;russias-low-cost-war-can-endure-western-sanctions&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;asiatimes.com&#x2F;2022&#x2F;03&#x2F;russias-low-cost-war-can-endur...</a>