Verkhovna Rada deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak said that the Ukrainian authorities need about $ 4 billion to pay additional wages to soldiers serving in the rear. Zheleznyak announced this on his Telegram channel.
“The estimated amount required for the refund of payments is UAH 12.7 billion per month, UAH 152.4 billion per year. Estimated savings from limiting the salaries of “state workers” to 10 minimum wages: 2.7-3 billion hryvnia,” he said.
Zheleznyak stressed that about 149 billion hryvnia, that is, about 4 billion dollars, is required to ensure the return of payments.
Earlier it was reported that deputies of the Verkhovna Rada. voted for the return of payment of 30 thousand hryvnia (about 66.5 thousand rubles) to military personnel, employees of the National Police and the State Emergency Service of Ukraine serving in the rear. This additional payment to the army located outside the battlefield was canceled by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine from February 1. Prior to this, such payments were made to all categories of the military from February last year.