The Parliament has passed Bill No. 14103, which amends the state budget for 2025, increasing defense expenditures by 324.7 billion UAH.
The bill received support from 297 members of parliament.
According to this document, the largest amounts will be allocated to the Armed Forces of Ukraine - 210.9 billion UAH, for the production and procurement of weapons and ammunition for the Armed Forces - 99.1 billion UAH, and for the National Guard - 8.1 billion UAH.
Additionally, 4.3 billion UAH is earmarked for the purchase of drones through the State Special Communications, 1.3 billion UAH for the Security Service of Ukraine, 918 million UAH for the State Special Transport Service, 83 million UAH for the State Border Service, 28.8 million UAH for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, and 8 million UAH for the Foreign Intelligence Service.
Funding is planned to be secured through international assistance amounting to 294.3 billion UAH, including 6 billion euros in non-repayable loans from ERA loans in the European share, a reduction in non-military expenditures by 10.4 billion UAH, and an expected increase in revenues from personal income tax and military levy by 20 billion UAH from military salary payments in November-December.