Total defence spending has risen to an estimated 7.5% of Russia's GDP, supply chains have been redesigned to secure many key inputs and evade sanctions, and factories producing ammunition, vehicles and equipment are running around the clock, often on mandatory 12-hour shifts with double overtime, in order to sustain the Russian war machine for the foreseeable future.
We still haven't seen where is Russia's breaking point, said Mark Riisik, a deputy director in the policy planning department of Estonia's defence ministry. Basically one-third of their national budget is going on military production and on the war in Ukraine But we don't know when it will actually impact on society.
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