The Cabinet has allocated extra money to buy 300,000 drones for the Armed Forces

According to the Prime Minister of Ukraine, the government has provided in the budget for 2024 UAH 1. 5 billion for grants to the developers of the latest defense technologies. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has allocated an additional UAH 15. 5 billion from the state budget for the purchase of 300,000 drones for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was reported by Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmigal.

"The funds will go to the State Secretariat of Communications, which is engaged in appropriate purchases. For the allocated funds 300,000 drones will be delivered to our security and defense forces today," Shmigal said. He specified that it was an additional resource for 43. 3 billion UAH for drones already allocated this year.

The Prime Minister of Ukraine also recalled that the state provided 186 grants in the amount of more than UAH 120 million for research and design works and for scaling of the production of drones, radio electronic struggle systems and the use of artificial intelligence. According to Denis Schmigal, this year the government has provided 1. 5 billion UAH for grants for Defense-Tech (defense technologies) of decisions in the State Budget.

We will remind, Ukrainian Violetta Oliynyk from Chernivtsi, who independently gathers drones, sent for the forces of defense to the front already 71 drones. The girl learned to make drones and percussion copiets on her own, ordering most of the details in China. On April 26, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine extended the privileged electricity price for the population until May 31.

As noted in the message of the head of the Cabinet of Ministers, currently preferential electricity tariffs for household consumers are UAH 2. 64 per 1 kilowatt. The action of such a tariff was to end on April 30. At the same time, the Prime Minister urged all Ukrainians to consume electricity, since a significant shortage is maintained in the country's power system, despite 24/7 repairs. On April 27, the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmigal stated that there will be no changes in the TV.