The cost of war for Russia is $1.152 billion

According to the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, the Russian Federation's expenses for military operations against Georgia amounted to at least 2.5 billion rubles. per day. This figure includes the cost of sorties of aircraft and helicopters, the operation of armored vehicles and warships during the day, as well as the cost of transferring troops (about 30,000 servicemen) and equipment to the conflict area. During the five days of the war, the amount of such expenses exceeded 12.5 billion rubles. ($511.66 million). The most expensive part of these expenses falls on fuels and lubricants (POL) - at least 1.2 billion rubles. per day.

The cost of one artillery shot is $150, a tank shot is $200, one grenade costs $8, a thousand 5.45-mm submachine gun cartridges is $30, one missile for launching a tornado salvo fire is $2,000, and a volume explosion air bomb is $3,000.

According to official data, Russian aviation lost four combat aircraft in Georgia: three Su-25 attack aircraft and one Tu-22 strategic bomber. The export price of one Su-25 is about $3 million, that is, $9 million worth of attack aircraft has been lost. four vehicles cost the military about 2.7 billion rubles. (Calculated by The New Times based on open data on the cost of aviation equipment.)

During the conflict, T-72, T-80 and T-90 tanks were used. Based on the cost of fuel and lubricants and ammunition, the ammunition and full refueling of one T-80 tank “pulls” $10,555, the T-72 tank - $10,125, the T-90 tank - $10,905. (The New Times calculated based on the market value of fuel and lubricants , ammunition and official tactical and technical data of military equipment.)

According to the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces, over 100 flights of Il-76 transport aircraft were carried out to transfer paratroopers. The fuel for these sorties alone cost $9.768 million. Fueling one Su-25 attack aircraft costs $4,584, a Su-24 front-line bomber $11,758, and a Tu-22 strategic bomber $63,268. Refueling a Mi-24 attack helicopter costs $4,200, Mi-8 helicopter — $5600. (Calculated by The New Times based on the market value of fuel and lubricants and official performance data of military equipment.)

Based on a rough estimate of the Russian troops that entered Georgia (about 30,000 soldiers, sergeants and officers) and the promise to make combat payments higher than during the second Chechen campaign, payments to servicemen for five days of combat only "combat" will exceed $6 million.

It is planned to allocate 10 billion rubles from the Russian budget in 2009 for the restoration of South Ossetia. ($409.3 million), this year - 3 billion rubles. ($122.8 million) That is, the total costs, the known losses of military equipment and the costs of reconstruction in the conflict area will cost Russia no less than 28.2 billion rubles. ($1.152 billion). However, the military believes that they not only spent budgetary funds, but also brought income to the state by capturing military equipment, weapons depots, ammunition and ammunition in Georgia. In particular, the Russian military intends to take 44 Georgian T-72 tanks as trophies. The cost of one such tank complex is 70 million rubles, so captured tanks will “pull” 3.08 billion rubles. ($126 million).

1,728 small arms were removed from the base in Senaki, including 764 American M4 carbines, 28 M-40 machine guns, and 754 Kalashnikov assault rifles (the approximate cost of all is about $250,000). thousand)