You're reading: Ukraine’s Finance Ministry declares 100% financing of protected budget items

Ukraine's Ministry of Finance, in accordance with the plan, is 100% financing all protected expenditure items of the national budget in all the regions of the country, including Crimea.

“The necessary funds to finance social welfare payments are available on treasury accounts,” reads a posting on the ministry’s Web site.

The authority said that the funding and timely payment of wages, pensions, stipends and social allowances are under thorough government control.