They will go to repair of equipment: the Armed Forces will receive additional UAH 2 billion from the budget of Ukraine

"The President today signed the Law 9165 of my authorship, to which we have transferred UAH 2 billion from the infrastructure State Regional Development Fund for the Program of Procurement, Modernization and Repair of Military Equipment in the Armed Forces," the People's Deputy wrote. At the end of June, the Verkhovna Rada supported a document on the use of funds of the State Regional Development Fund.

In particular, the law provides for the allocation of FDR funds as a result of voting in the action "Action". 238 people's deputies voted for the relevant decision in practice, Ukrainians will be able to elect the projects through the Action Portal, which will be financed with the State Fund from the FDR, only since 2024. This year, after the transfer of UAH 2 billion, there will be no such opportunity for the needs of the Armed Forces.

In addition, the State Regional Development Fund will be distributed depending on how well the region has suffered from shelling or occupation. And construction will take place in the territory of communities controlled by Ukraine, where there are no fighting. We will remind, according to the results of the first half of 2023 in Ukraine exceeded the plan for revenues to the general fund of the state budget for UAH 10. 4 billion.

These funds, according to the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy of Danylo Getmantsev, will be aimed at financing the Armed Forces, so that weapons and shells will provide three brigades. In addition, the People's Deputy reported that Ukraine expenditures on security and defense in 2023 would exceed UAH 1 trillion.