Poroshenko approved proposals of the Council for defense spending in 2015
The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has approved the proposal of the Council of national security and defence (NSDC) on financing of defence in 2015 from the state budget.
As reported in a statement released on Wednesday on the Internet office of the President's decree, the draft budget for the next year to the national security and defense of Ukraine provide for the expenses of more than $ 80 billion (nearly us $ 5 billion), and represented the state guarantee in the amount of 6 billion UAH (over 360 million) for the procurement of armaments, military equipment, material and technical resources ".
The government is obliged within three months to conclude the contract for the manufacture of uniforms for military and other military units. The Cabinet must also begin to prepare the state budget funding for the development and implementation of new technologies, as well as to allocate funds for the development of new capacities for the production of weapons and military equipment.
for its part, the Ministry of defense of Ukraine must urgently establish an inter-Ministerial Commission for the standardization and unification of arms and military equipment, clothing, and other kinds of material support military forces and police organization developed and implemented standards for three months.