952 days ago the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. Russia will increase its war budget by 23 percent in 2025, Reuters reported. Moreover, under the decree signed by Vladimir Putin, the army is to be joined by 133,000 recruits by the end of this year. Here's what happened in and around Ukraine over the last 24 hours.
> On Monday, Ukrainian air defenses shot down 67 out of 73 Shahed-class attack drones and a Kh-59/69 missile used by Russian troops to attack Ukraine last night, the Ukrainian Air Force said.
> A railway traffic control device in the north of the Kursk Oblast was blown up, Ukrainian-Tatar reported Atesh resistance movement. He also reported that the railway line used by the Russian army to transport soldiers and equipment to the front in the Kursk region was damaged.
> Russia will increase its war budget in 2025 by 23%. from 10.8 trillion planned for this year to 13.5 trillion rubles (approx. USD 145 billion), Reuters reported, citing the published draft three-year budget. Moreover, oil and gas revenues are expected to decline between 2025 and 2027.
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> President Vladimir Putin signed the decree about the autumn draft. From October 1 to the end of this year, 133,000 recruits are to be recruited into the army, media in Russia reported. Earlier, the head of military intelligence in Kiev, Kyrylo Budanov, stated that next year the Kremlin authorities will be forced to stop the war with Ukraine or carry out a new mobilization.
> Pro-Kremlin Russian political scientist Sergei Karaganov, who called for a nuclear attack on Europe, is renting an apartment in Berlin despite Western sanctions, Radio Svoboda reported.
> United States citizen Stephen James Hubbard pleaded guilty in a Moscow court on Monday to mercenaryism and accepting money for participating in the war on the side of Ukraine against Russia, Reuters reported, citing the Russian agency RIA.
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