The Verkhovna Rada expects the presentation of the draft State Budget for 2026 on Friday, MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak announced on Telegram, UNN reports.
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"The Budget will be presented on Friday," Zheleznyak said.
According to him, today the Rada "voted on a procedural decision (155) - to separately hear the following budget holders regarding their expenditures": Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Social Policy, Ministry of Restoration.
"The decision received the required number of votes. So we are waiting," he noted.
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The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the draft Budget-2026 with a deficit of 18.4% of GDP. It provides for expenditures of 4.8 trillion hryvnias and revenues of 2.826 trillion hryvnias, which is almost 450 billion hryvnias more than in 2025.
In 2026, the government plans to increase defense spending by almost 170 billion hryvnias, which will amount to 2.8 trillion hryvnias, or 27.2% of GDP.