Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a record-breaking defense budget, setting aside a staggering third of the government’s total spending as the war in Ukraine drains resources from both sides nearly three years on.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved budget plans, raising 2025 military spending to record levels as Moscow seeks to prevail in the war in Ukraine

Spending on war and law enforcement agencies exceeds expenditures on education, healthcare, social policy, and the national economy combined.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a military focused budget for 2025-2027, a document published on the official legal acts website showed on Sunday. The state budget for next year includes a 25% hike in military spending but will be the most secretive in post-Soviet history,

Russia's 2025 military budget has reached historic high spending levels as it seeks to prevail in the war in Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin approved the country's budget, which was posted to a government website over the weekend.

As senior European Union officials arrived in Kyiv to express their unflinching support for Ukraine's war effort, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a new budget with a record military spending.