{"id":1384391,"date":"2026-04-20T19:17:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T16:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/the-government-allocated-almost-uah-638-million-for-the-telethon-are-the-costs-justified\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T19:17:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T16:17:53","slug":"the-government-allocated-almost-uah-638-million-for-the-telethon-are-the-costs-justified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/the-government-allocated-almost-uah-638-million-for-the-telethon-are-the-costs-justified\/","title":{"rendered":"The government allocated almost UAH 638 million for the telethon: are the costs justified?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"67\" data-end=\"205\"><strong>The Cabinet of Ministers will allocate almost UAH 638 million to finance the Unified Telethon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"67\" data-end=\"205\"> This <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/allgolobutsky\/34799\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">was reported by<\/a> political expert Oleksiy Golobytskyi. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"67\" data-end=\"205\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1384386 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_8EFC78DD3402-1-915x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"915\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_8EFC78DD3402-1-915x1024.jpeg 915w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_8EFC78DD3402-1-268x300.jpeg 268w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_8EFC78DD3402-1-768x859.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_8EFC78DD3402-1-581x650.jpeg 581w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_8EFC78DD3402-1.jpeg 1054w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 915px) 100vw, 915px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"207\" data-end=\"302\"> According to him, such a decision raises questions about the priorities of budget spending during the war.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"304\" data-end=\"532\"> &#8220;Almost 650 million hryvnias for a telethon, which, apparently, is watched mainly by those who produce it. And this is against the background of the fact that military salaries remain at the level of about 20 thousand hryvnias,&#8221; noted Golobytskyi.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"534\" data-end=\"641\"> He also drew attention to the structure of the budget, a significant part of which is formed by international partners.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"643\" data-end=\"770\"> The expert emphasized that the issue of the effectiveness of the use of funds in a warring country requires a separate assessment and public discussion.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"643\" data-end=\"770\"> As previously reported, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/telemarafon-chy-zsu-kudy-ydut-hroshi-z-viyskovoho-zboru\/\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a law extending military conscription for three years after the end of the war<\/a> . The document provides for the creation of a special fund in the budget, where these funds will be received.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"643\" data-end=\"770\"> As a reminder, the Central Election Commission admits that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/telemarafon-yedyni-novyny-mozhut-zminyty-cherez-vybory-zaiava-tsvk\/\">if the election process starts in Ukraine, the current format of the &#8220;United News&#8221; telethon may conflict with the requirements of election legislation and will need to be revised.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"full-post__content font-rules\">\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cabinet of Ministers will allocate almost UAH 638 million to finance the Unified Telethon. This was reported by political expert Oleksiy Golobytskyi. According to him, such a decision raises questions about the priorities of budget spending during the war. &#8220;Almost 650 million hryvnias for a telethon, which, apparently, is watched mainly by those who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1329087,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76885],"class_list":["post-1384391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1384391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1329087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1384391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1384391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}