{"id":1300772,"date":"2025-10-02T18:57:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T15:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/we-know-where-the-300-billion-for-the-army-is-statement-by-the-european-solidarity-faction\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T18:57:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T15:57:03","slug":"we-know-where-the-300-billion-for-the-army-is-statement-by-the-european-solidarity-faction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/we-know-where-the-300-billion-for-the-army-is-statement-by-the-european-solidarity-faction\/","title":{"rendered":"We know where the 300 billion for the army is \u2013 statement by the European Solidarity faction"},"content":{"rendered":"

The shocking interview of the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Budget Committee, in which it is said that delays in paying salaries to the military are possible from November, because there is a 300 billion UAH hole in the budget, requires an immediate reaction from the Verkhovna Rada and a budget revision. It is necessary to urgently withdraw money from non-targeted expenditures for the needs of the army.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The fact that just a few weeks ago, the parliament made changes to this year’s budget adds special cynicism to the statement of the head of the relevant committee, while robbing local governments, taking 8 billion UAH from Kyiv, supposedly for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but in fact transferring it to the Reserve Fund for the next populist initiatives of the authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n

More than 4 billion UAH have already been spent on \u201ccashback\u201d alone! These unprofessional and absurd decisions were made by the \u201cservants\u201d together with the \u201cOPZZH\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

The funds of a country at war are spent irrationally \u2013 to finance a propaganda telethon, \u201ccashbacks\u201d and \u201cVovina\u2019s Thousands,\u201d where tens of billions of hryvnias are poured into.<\/span><\/p>\n

The authorities are unable to form priorities for the defense sector and the provision of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the same time, the OP and \u201cservants\u201d continue to lobby for corruption schemes, for example, the gambling business, which does not pay even half of what it earns. And the funds allocated for defense are used inefficiently or are embezzled. NABU is investigating a number of cases that caused losses to the state of 12.5 billion in defense procurement.<\/span><\/p>\n

If the army steals, there will be a gap of 300 billion hryvnias for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The government has already included the same problem with the deficit in financing the Defense Forces in the new budget for 2026. That is why we found 300 billion hryvnias, which must be planned for defense in 2026 now: for weapons, for equipment, for increasing soldiers’ salaries, and for the treatment and rehabilitation of the wounded.<\/span><\/p>\n

We propose to reallocate for defense needs in 2026:<\/span><\/p>\n