Taras Melnichuk, government representative in parliament, said on his Telegram channel that the Budget Commission recommended Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada to pass draft law 9105, which would increase defense spending by 537.2 billion hryvnia ($14.5 billion).
Therefore, Melnychuk states that 518.2 billion hryvnia (more than 14 billion dollars) is planned to be diverted to the national security and defense sector, most of which will go to the monetary support of military personnel.
UAH 19 billion ($515 million) will be allocated to replenish the Budget Reserve Fund, of which at least UAH 3 billion will be allocated to finance payments to the families of martyred soldiers and police officers, and UAH 2 billion ($54 million) will be allocated for the construction of the city walls. .
On March 12, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal reported that the Ukrainian government had approved a bill to increase the country’s budget spending. According to him, this is the largest budget increase in the history of Ukraine.
Shmyhal also registeredThe cabinet approved a bill to increase the country’s budget spending by 537 billion hryvnia ($14.68 billion).
Source: Gazeta
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