The Ministry of defence of Ukraine appealed to the government with a request to allocate an additional 7, 7 billion hryvnia (about $ 350 million) in connection with the expansion of the army, said Tuesday the press service of the Ministry. first it claimed that the national security and defense of Ukraine in 2015 will be allocated about $ 4 billion. For example, according to the Ministry of defence, the defence budget of Ukraine in 2015 is about $ 2 billion, or 2, 7% of GDP, in 1, 7 times more than in the previous year. "the head of the Ministry of defense of Ukraine, Colonel-General Stepan Poltorak wrote a letter to the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk with the initiative to discover the opportunity to meet the needs of military power, for example, responding to immediate needs in the provision of personnel, family members of those killed, disabled and injured participants of the ATO," - said the press service of the Ministry of defence. the Ministry of defense has requested $ 177 million on the pay of the soldiers, 81 million dollars on ammunition, 59 million dollars on food, 19, 6 million dollars - to pay financial assistance to the families of the dead and wounded soldiers. Also the Ministry of defence funds are required for the machine learning centres, landfills, field camps and checkpoints. Ukraine is now in a serious political crisis, which affects its economy and the public sector, in fact the country is on the verge of default. Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that in 2015, the country faces the challenge to survive, it will be difficult to absolutely all social strata. dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February came amid a sharp escalation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, which increased the forces began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany adopted a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbas with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone. One of the most important points signed in February of the Minsk agreements was the constitutional reform, and the enactment of a permanent law on the special status of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions. The agreement notes that decentralization should take place in coordination specifically, the commissioners of these districts, however, the Kiev authorities are ignoring this provision, arguing about the fact that you are unwilling to have a dialogue with the authorized rebellious territories. Read the results of the last meeting of the contact group 6 may present turned out to form four working sub-groups on specific aspects of de-escalation of the conflict. It is envisaged that they will start operating already in the middle of may.