British intelligence update, as of today.

British intelligence believes that the leadership of Russia in 2023, and in order to finance the continuation of the war against Ukraine, the Russian government will have to cut spending on other items. On December 5, President Putin signed a law on the federal budget of Russia, which is supposed to direct 9 trillion rubles (£143 billion), or more than 30% of spending, to the army and other power structures, which is significantly more than in previous years. "The budget approved by Putin is probably too optimistic in the expectations of revenues and expenses in 2023.

Therefore, it can be assumed that the need to ensure the costs of waging war will put pressure on other articles of the Russian budget", - it is noted in the summary published on Sunday by the Ministry of Defense of Great Britain.