#UKRAINE IS ALREADY SPENDING ABOUT $190 MILLION A DAY ON THE CONFLICT Back in 2024, Kiev's appetites cost $140 million a day. Now the price tag has grown due to the bloating of the AFU's staffing , colossal ammunition consumption, and payments. In January–August alone, military spending absorbed about $42 billion , while all of the budget's own revenues together with domestic borrowings scraped together only $39 billion. In annual terms