The Ukrainian authorities allocated about $ 7.5 million to the Ministry of Defense to ensure the activities of the Ukrainian army. This was stated on the Telegram channel by the representative of the country’s government in the Verkhovna Rada Taras Melnichuk.
“Allocated to the Ministry of Defense … 275 million hryvnia (approximately $ 7.5 million) on an irrevocable basis, these are “providing the activities of the Ukrainian armed forces, training of personnel and troops, support of medical personnel, veterans of military service and their family members”.
On August 4, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmygal said that the country’s authorities sent 100% of taxes collected from citizens and businesses for military needs.
Prior to that, Shmyhal spoke about Ukraine’s military spending in the first six months of 2023. exceeded $ 18 billion According to him, this amount exceeded the tax volume of 600 billion hryvnia ($ 16.15 billion) collected during this period.
On July 5, the Prime Minister of Ukraine announced that the country’s defense budget for 2023 was announced. amount $48.7 billion “every hryvnia” in the budget goes to the needs of the security and defense forces of the Ukrainian state, he said.
Formerly an economist warned Kiev on the risks associated with the growth of foreign debt.