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00:00 In February 2022, the world awoke to the Russian-Ukrainian war, and this war continued in 2023.
00:10 But will the Russian president end in 2024?
00:14 He recently stated that there are 617,000 soldiers active in Ukraine currently.
00:21 In December, a plan was signed to increase the number of Russian armed forces to 170,000, thus bringing the total number of troops to 1.3 million.
00:33 Russia has increased its military spending by about 68 percent.
00:39 Russia uses about 15,000 tons of ammunition and fuel per day during its war.
00:48 Russia also increased the production of unmanned aircraft in 2023,
00:53 and increased military spending by 30 percent of all financial spending for the armed forces,
01:01 which is the third of the 2024 budget, which is estimated at $391 billion.
01:08 But what about Ukraine?
01:10 Ukraine allocated 50 percent of its spending in 2024 to military spending, which is estimated at $90 billion.
01:24 But Ukraine also receives unceasing support from Western countries.
01:30 Ukraine received $62 billion in foreign aid, $35 billion of which in 2023, and $31 billion in 2022.
01:41 The European Union was one of the most countries that supported Ukraine in its war,
01:47 with monthly support reaching about 12 billion euros.
01:53 Military aid also accounted for 58 percent of the amount of aid provided by Western countries to Ukraine.
02:04 There is short-term and long-term aid, and in July, the amount of aid reached 55 billion euros.
02:12 The United States alone helped Ukraine with nearly 44 billion euros of military aid, and Germany with nearly 17 billion euros of military aid.
02:23 And by October 2023, Ukraine had 25 billion euros of heavy weapons.
02:31 But the question remains, will the world or Russia and Ukraine be able to end the war in 2024?
02:39 Al-Intidhar, Sayyid al-Muqib.