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The Ukraine's government for the whole period of its nine-month work allocated Hr 19 billion for the needs of army, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk reported.

“Hr 19 billion is [an amount of money], which we managed to raise for the Armed Forces, army and National Guard,” he said before the government’s sitting on Wednesday, Nov. 26.

The premier said that financing was meant for establishing of the National Guard and purchase of the modern military machinery for the Armed Forces.