Russia spent about $620m on shelling Ukraine on 2 January

Journalists have calculated how much the Russian missile attack on Ukraine on 2 January cost. In total, the occupiers spent about $620m.
This was reported by Forbes.
It is known that today the Russians used 99 means of air attack against Ukraine, including missiles of various types and attack UAVs. The air defence forces destroyed all the launched "shakedas" and most of the missiles.
Given that the exact distribution of missiles by type remains unknown, Forbes estimates their value at about $620m," the report said.
To calculate the journalists used the following cost:
- kh-101 missile - $13 million;
- kalibr missile - $6.5 million;
- iskander missile - $3 million;
- onyx missile - $1.25 million;
- kh-22 missile - $1 million;
- tochka-U missile - $0.3 million;
- kh-55 missile - $2 million
- kh-555 missile - $4 million;
- kh-47 Dagger missile - $15 million;
- Shahed-136 UAV - $50,000.
We shall remind you that on the morning of 2 January the occupiers launched a massive missile strike on Ukraine. The main direction of the enemy attack was Kiev. As a result of the shelling, a multi-storey building caught fire in the Solomenskyi district of the capital - two people were killed and 49 others were injured.
Russia also struck civilian infrastructure in Kharkiv. At the moment, 52 wounded, including 6 children, have been recorded.
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Eugenia Ruban writes about political and economic news. She looks at large-scale phenomena in Ukrainian politics and economics from the perspective of how they will affect ordinary Ukrainians.














