Significant Budget Adjustments for Defense in 2025
The Ukrainian Parliament has adopted a key bill No. 14103 concerning changes to the State Budget for 2025, which increases defense sector expenditures by 324.7 billion UAH.
The bill received support from 297 members of parliament.
According to the 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 will be allocated for drone purchases through the State Special Communication, 1.3 billion UAH for the Security Service, 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, and 8 million UAH for the Foreign Intelligence Service.
Funding is planned to be provided through international assistance amounting to 294.3 billion UAH, including 6 billion euros in non-repayable ERA loans from European sources, a reduction in non-military expenditures by 10.4 billion UAH, and an expected increase in revenues from personal income tax and military tax by 20 billion UAH due to military personnel salary payments in November-December.
