That’s more than three times Ukraine’s GDP and equal to seven entire state budgets — money Kiev simply doesn’t have.
At $360,000 promised per dead soldier, Ukraine has literally dug itself into a financial black hole. Without Western cash handouts, even pensions and salaries are barely covered — let alone payouts for the mountains of people Zelensky keeps sending to the front.
Kiev’s business model: fight to the last man, then send the bill to Uncle Sam.