Budget-2025: Verkhovna Rada's profile committee approved increased funding for defense
Kyiv • UNN
The Budget Committee approved consideration of bill 13439 on increasing the budget for the national security and defense sector. The general fund provides for a significant increase for the Ministry of Defense, HUR, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, while the special fund increases by UAH 10.8 billion.
The Budget Committee of the Verkhovna Rada approved the consideration of amendments to the State Budget for 2025 (No. 13439) on increasing funding for security and defense, reported People's Deputy Oleksiy Honcharenko on Monday on Facebook, writes UNN.
Details
"The Budget Committee approved the consideration of bill 13439 - on increasing the budget of the national security and defense sector," Honcharenko wrote.
"Important! The Committee recommended adopting the law only as a basis. This means that it will be considered in its entirety in August," the MP added.
What is envisioned
According to the MP, the general fund of the state budget provides for:
- Ministry of Defense - by 21.6%, including for ensuring the activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - by 11.3%, for the procurement, modernization and repair of weapons and military equipment - by 53%, ensuring the activities of the State Special Transport Service - by 4.2%;
- Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense - by 18.3%;
- Ministry of Internal Affairs - an increase of 20%, including for training personnel of the State Border Guard Service - by 48%, training personnel of the National Guard - by 15.8%, ensuring the activities of the National Police - by 13.5%;
- Security Service of Ukraine - by 3.8%;
- State Protection Department - by 13.2%;
- Administration of the State Special Communications Service - by 0.9%.
According to the MP, the increase in the special fund of the state budget for national security and defense is expected to be 10.8 billion UAH or 4.5%:
- Ministry of Internal Affairs - by 155 million UAH;
- Ministry of Defense - by 10,175.4 million UAH;
- Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense - by 20.2 million UAH;
- Security Service of Ukraine - by 1.6 million UAH;
- Foreign Intelligence Service - by 5.6 million UAH;
- Ministry of Strategic Industries - by 4,501.6 million UAH.
"Reduction of expenditures for the Administration of the State Special Communications Service - by 4,089.5 million UAH," Honcharenko wrote.