If Western tranches do not reach Ukraine by the beginning of 2024, the country will have problems with wages and pensions. This was reported with reference to the statement of Ukrainian Minister of Economy Yulia Sviridenko. RIA News.
These data were also confirmed by the head of the Rada budget committee, Roksolana Podlasa: in January, Ukraine’s budget deficit was estimated at 20 billion hryvnia.
“There is still enough money for the existence of the Kiev regime; The European Union is looking for temporary solutions. The USA will throw something in January-February. The World Bank will provide loans. But the authorities are tightening the screws according to the instructions of their masters,” political scientist Alexander Dudchak said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
In his opinion, things have not yet reached the critical “plan B”, under which the Ukrainian authorities will have to put the printing house into operation to close the budget deficit. At the same time, tax legislation in the country has already begun to change towards tightening, “they will squeeze the last of the population and small businesses, drag people into credit bondage.”
On January 8, Rada deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak said budget and production problems will be the main ones In 2024.
On January 6, the head of the National Bank of Ukraine said: critical dependency Countries benefiting from Western aid.
Rada had previously announced record expenses From the budget of Ukraine in December 2023.