Ten military and law enforcement agencies of Ukraine appealed to the government with a request to allocate an additional 17 billion hryvnia (768, 9 million dollars at current exchange rates) in connection with the expansion of the army, said Tuesday the press service of the Ministry of Finance. before 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. According to the Deputy Minister Petro mekhed, the Ministry of defence hopes that the conclusion of the additional payment will be made at the next meeting of the Ukrainian government. The Ukrainian authorities intend to allocate homeland security and defense of Ukraine in 2015 to about $ 4 billion. According to information from 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. "in the Ministry of Finance turned Ten departments concerned with defence and law enforcement activities in Ukraine with the petition to increase funding in total more than 17 billion hryvnia, for example, in connection with the increase in the number of staff military power of Ukraine ", - is informed in the report of the press service of the Ministry of Finance. As stressed in the press service, the Ministry of Finance understand the vital importance of payment of military spending and the priority of ensuring the defense of the state." because of this, the Ministry will make efforts to discover opportunities to pay for the needs of ensuring the defense of our country ", - stated in the message. 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 stated before that in 2015, the country faces the challenge to " survive ". 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 full text of the Minsk agreements "