Comments - Victories and Defeats
It seems that your numbers are not entirely correct.
Maybe ru has $150bln. war spending now, but it seems sources mention $120bln. (Khodorkovsky). That is $10bln. a month.
UA received $85bln budgetary assistance and $95bln. military assistance during 30 months of war (UA gov sources + Rammstein quotes). That is $5.66bln per month, with 3.2bln (per month) of that is military assistance.
Ru has income from top 10 exports, which are definitely fully controlled by their top officials, of around $300bln a year.
So my view on the "winning formula" (there is quite some sarcasm) this: NATO countries dedicate 0.25% of their GDPs towards UA military assistance. Which is 10 bln. a month. No budgetary assistance to UA. That fund is filled with money, not equipment, and then committee, NATO + UA, decide and where and what to buy, depending on the need, price, and availability. That is delivered systematically at the pace of 10 bln. worth of equipment enters UA monthly.
No extra limits to use it, besides international laws imposed.
Also EU starts confiscating 300 bln. ru assets at the pace of 10 bln. a month, which UA uses for budgetary purposes. Humanitarian, economy, restoration, etc. All other countries focus on military support.
EU + US impose sanctions that reduce top 10 ru exports to below $200bln. plus restrict fully high tech imports.
All seems doable, but it ain't happening I think, anyways.
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