The Ukrainian authorities have allocated an extra Hr 10.5 billion over the last three months to improve the combat capacity of the army, Ukrainian Premier Arseniy Yatseniuk has said.
“Over these last three months we’ve formed the Ukrainian army,
National Guard and security forces of the country. They defend
Ukraine…In total, we spent Hr 10.5 billion to finance the needs of the
National defense, of which Hr 6.7 billion came from the reserve fund of
the state budget,” he said at parliament on Friday during his report on
100 days of the government’s work.
Yatseniuk said that the government was doing its best to improve the
material and technical base of the army, as well as to improve social
protection of the soldiers.
Besides, he reported that as of June 4 the public had donated Hr
128.7 million for the needs of the army. The premier said that these
funds are meant for material and medical provisions of the army.
