There can be no delays in military salaries, because to cover temporary liquidity gaps, the government raises money from the placement of domestic government bonds (OVDP - ed.). This was reported on Facebook by Roksolana Pidlasa, head of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine's Budget Committee, as reported by UNN.
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She also spoke about other key points regarding changes to the State Budget of Ukraine for 2025:
- there is a need to increase state budget expenditures for defense by approximately 300 billion hryvnias;
- the Ministry of Finance is preparing a draft law and will register it in the first days of October;
- these changes will become possible when the European Commission finally approves the possibility of using 6 billion euros of ERA Loans for operational military needs. According to Pidlasa, the forecast is positive;
- the draft law must be voted on in its entirety by November 1.
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The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine updated the procedure for paying one-time assistance to the families of fallen soldiers. The total amount of assistance remains unchanged - 15 million hryvnias, while 12 million hryvnias will be paid in stages over 80 months.