Russia’s war in Ukraine is mobilising industrial materials on a scale comparable with major commodity markets, placing heavy demands on some of the same supply chains critical to the country’s reconstruction, according to a new study.
The researchers estimate that the war can mobilise 8 million to 10 million tonnes of fuel and ammunition over just two months, a volume comparable by weight to the global monthly cement trade or Sweden’s annual steel output. Fuel accounts for 70% to 80% of the total mass flow.
