New budget data and battlefield videos reveal a Russia quietly scrambling to finance soaring war costs, hide territorial setbacks and defend supposedly “safe” assets thousands of kilometres from the front.

Russia's military budget hit 10.7 trillion rubles in H1 2026, a 30% increase year over year, consuming 43.8% of federal spending and 57.3% of

Moscow spent an estimated $681 million a day on its military and weapons production.