On 2 October, the Cabinet of Ministers decided to allocate over 50 billion hryvnias for payments to military personnel and their families in October. The funds will be reallocated from the security and defence sector’s reserve. Prime Minister Serhiy Koretskyi stated that the decision should ensure the timely and full funding of these payments.
Briefly about the main points
- Over 50 billion hryvnias will be allocated for the October payments.
- The funds will come from the security and defence sector’s reserve.
- No new budget programme is being created for this purpose.
- The September reallocation amounted to 33.6 billion hryvnias.
The funds will be allocated from the security and defence sector’s reserve
У Cabinet of Ministers They clarified that this involved the reallocation of a reserve that had already been set aside, rather than the launch of a new budget programme. The Prime Minister described defence as an absolute priority in the face of a significant budget deficit and stated that the government was providing the necessary funds to pay military personnel.
The October figure is higher than the September reallocation
On 4 September, the government announced that 33.6 billion hryvnias would be allocated for payments to military personnel and their families. Of this amount, 25.9 billion hryvnias was earmarked for the monthly pay of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel, with a further 7.7 billion hryvnias set aside for one-off payments in the event of death, disability or partial loss of working capacity.
The new allocation exceeds the September reallocation by more than 16 billion hryvnias.
