The Council increased the budget for security and defense of Ukraine
The Verkhovna Rada adopted a bill amending the Law of Ukraine “On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2022”,
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Details
Thus, 343 people’s deputies voted for the adoption of the document, and 345 people’s deputies voted for its adoption.
The law plans to increase spending on Ukraine’s defense needs. Thus, the budget program 2101150 “Development, purchase, modernization and repair of weapons, military equipment, means and equipment” is expected to increase expenditures by UAH 9.096 billion – from UAH 28.4 billion to UAH 37.5 billion. The source of covering these expenditures is expected to overfulfill the plan of revenues of the general fund of the state budget in January 2022 in the corresponding amount of UAH 9.096 billion.
Addition
Earlier, the Verkhovna Rada Budget Committee approved a bill proposing to allocate UAH 23 billion for security and defense, as well as UAH 3 billion for public debt service.
Context
In the last few months, the Ukrainian government and Western partners have been drawing attention to Russia’s aggravation of the security situation in Donbas, the build-up of Russian forces along the border with Ukraine, the danger of a new Russian invasion and growing Russian disinformation. Concerns were heightened when the United States announced on February 11 that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could take place “at any time.”
On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized the “independence” of the so-called “LPR” and “DPR” in eastern Ukraine.
The decree provides for the introduction of Russian troops into the Donbass for “peacekeeping functions.”
The West calls on Moscow to withdraw troops from the Ukrainian border and threatens large-scale sanctions in the event of a possible invasion. However, after the decision of the Kremlin leader on February 21, they talked about additional restrictive measures against Russia.
In particular, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said earlier today that the German government was temporarily suspending the certification of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline to supply Russian gas to Germany amid Russia’s recognition of the so-called L / DNR as “independent.”
Source: Ukrgate
