Verkhovna Rada Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak said on his Telegram channel that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a document approved by parliament, which provides an increase of 14.5 billion dollars in defense budget expenditures.
“The President signed a record increase in the 2023 (year) budget. The draft law numbered 9105 will enter into force the day after tomorrow,” he wrote.
According to him, about $ 10 billion of the specified amount of funds was provided to the Ministry of Defense of the country, $ 2.6 billion – to the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, $ 124.5 million – to the “main intelligence department”.
Earlier it was reported that the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal. outgoing He will be visiting Canada for an official visit in the coming weeks. As part of the trip, the head of the Cabinet of Ukraine expects to reach an agreement on the transfer of new ammunition and heavy equipment to Kiev.
On February 24, 2022, Putin announced that he had decided to organize a military special operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.