Could finance the Armed Forces: Zheleznyak explained how the budget lost UAH 8 billion
According to the First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy of the Verkhovna Rada, Yaroslav Zheleznyak, the First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy of the Verkhovna Rada, in February due to problems at the border of the Budget of Ukraine, UAH 8 billion has not been received. "We are now financed by the entire army through taxes and customs payments. It is money that we can use for military needs.
The plan that has been set for customs before the border blocking was 47. 5 billion hryvnias. We have received 39. 5 billion hryvnias for February. That is, 8 billion less than the Ukrainian budget has been less than 8 billion, ”he said. According to him, a similar situation with budget underfunding happened in December 2023. At the same time in January 2024, when the Ukrainian-Polish border was unlocked, receipts from customs increased sharply. "We see the fall again now.
That is, if you count, then we have lost about 20 billion. Why is it important? Because we can't block this money even at the expense of international assistance, we cannot block at the expense They were not just taken from the state budget, this is what they took directly from the army. Unfortunately, we will have to look for a balance in the system in some way, "Yaroslav Zheleznyak stressed.
We will remind, on February 28, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that Poland can completely close the border with Ukraine. According to the politician, negotiations between Kiev and Warsaw are ongoing. For his part, the economist and the export of the Institute of International Finance Robin Brooks said on February 28 that Polish companies were selling with Russia, despite sanctions. Thus, according to him, in 2023 the import of goods to Russia increased 2. 5 times.