The Ministry of defence of Ukraine needs funding for 2016 in the amount of about three. 1 billion dollars, said Thursday at a press conference the Director of the division of Finance Minister Sergei winnick.

"As for planning for next budget year, the Ministry of defense informs about the need for the $ 67, 8 billion hryvnia (about three, $ 1 billion) That, in practice, more than 20 billion UAH (900 million dollars) in comparison with this year," said winnick.

The Ukrainian authorities in April last year began military action against the self-proclaimed LNR and DND. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began almost 7, 9 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.

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