Ukraine to spend 1.16 trillion hryvnias on military salaries in 2025
Source: Rustem Umerov/Facebook
President Volodymyr Zelensky has green-lit Ukraine’s state budget for 2025 that allocates 26.3% of the country’s GDP—2.23 trillion hryvnias—to defense. This marks an increase of 47.6 billion hryvnias in spending on the defense sectory compared to 2024.
Ukraine’s defense minister Rustem Umerov took to social media on Friday to reveal on what these funds will be spent:
- 1.16 trillion hryvnias will go on military salaries, 10 billion hryvnias more than in 2024.
- 739 billion hryvnias will be spent on purchases and upgrade of weapons and military equipment.
- 55.1 billion hryvnias will help modernize the defense industry and develop advanced technologies.
Additional funding has also been earmarked for acquiring drone systems such as the DeepStrike platform.
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