The Ukrainian Ministry of Finance reported that the republic spent $49.1 billion on defense in 2023. This is stated in a message from the Ministry of Finance on social networks.
“The expenditures of the state budget general fund on the security and defense sector for 2023 amounted to 1,843.8 billion hryvnia ($49.1 billion), or 60.8% of the total expenditure amount of the state budget general fund,” the statement said. .
The funds will be used for military and special equipment, weapons, ammunition, defense equipment, etc. It was recorded that it was used to purchase. The expenses of the security sector were financed by the Council of Ministers through tax revenues and war bonds.
Before that, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal statedIt was stated that Ukraine will allocate approximately 466 million dollars, a record amount, for the construction of defense lines.
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