The Ministry of defence of Ukraine proposes to increase the defense budget by almost half, to 3, $ 2 billion.

" The indicative budget for the next year is 50 billion UAH (3, 2 billion), the Ministry of defence ", said the head of the Ministry of defense of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak, speaking in front of people's deputies of the Verkhovna Rada.

according to him, this year the total financing of the Ministry of defence amounted to 26 billion UAH, of which the budget included fifteen billion and eleven billion was allocated from the reserve Fund.


numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. They were the response of local residents to violent change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law granting Russian the status of regional language.

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