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To spread: On Thursday, July 31, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the Bill ...

Payments to the military will be paid on time: over UAH 400 billion will be referred to defense

To spread: On Thursday, July 31, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the Bill No. 13573, which provides for significant changes to the state budget for 2025. 332 MPs voted in favor of the document. This was reported by Parliamentary Yaroslav Zheleznyak. The main purpose of changes is to strengthen the financing of the defense sector. The total amount of additional expenditures is UAH 412. 3 billion.

Of these, 115 billion will be sent for the financial support of servicemen, another 216 billion - for the purchase and production of weapons, military equipment and drones. The rest of the funds will be used for other needs of the Armed Forces. The document provides a new procedure for distribution of personal income tax (PIT), which will come into force on August 1, 2025.

According to him, 60% will come to the Ministry of Defense (in particular, drones, weapons and equipment), 30% - to the State Secretariat, and 10% - directly to combat crews. Additional funding for the Ministry of Defense will be UAH 22. 4 billion. Also, according to MP Alexei Goncharenko, the pre -planned withdrawal of UAH 8 billion from the Kyiv budget was canceled. Instead, the government has found alternative sources of funding without reducing the capital expenditures.