Ukrainian officials plan to increase the military budget to about $3.2 billion for 2015, a 100 percent increase over this year. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk noted about 5 percent of Ukraine's gross domestic product will go toward military and security spending. This news comes after Ukraine announced plans for a border wall with Russia costing over half a billion dollars.
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Newsweek: Ukraine’s military budget will be over $3 billion in 2015
Ukrainian servicemen walk past an armored personnel carrier (APC) in the village of Peski, Donetsk region, controlled by Ukrainian forces, on Nov. 19, 2014.
