Zelensky signed the state budget for 2025 — Shmyhal — Money
Next year's budget deficit is more than UAH 1.5 trillion.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi signed the law on the state budget for the next year.
This was announced by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.
The Prime Minister noted that the priority of the country's budget is protection against Russian aggression, that is, financing Ukraine's defense needs.
“The priority of the estimate remains the defense of our state. Financing of the Security and Defense Forces, procurement and production of weapons, drones and equipment. We allocate UAH 2.23 trillion for this,” Shmyhal wrote.
Other important expenses include:
- social protection – UAH 420.9 billion;
- medicine – UAH 217 billion;
- education – UAH 199 billion.
In general, in the main estimate of the country for the next year, expenses in the amount of UAH 3.6 trillion are planned, while revenues are only UAH 2.05 trillion. That is, the state budget deficit amounts to UAH 1.55 trillion.
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