Defense and protection are the priority.
Ukraineallocates 57% of the state budget to security and defense. Employees of state institutions should not expect a salary increase, since the priority remains ensuring the country's defense capability.
This was reported by People's Deputy of Ukraine Galina Yanchenko.
“We allocate 57% of the Ukrainian budget to security and defense – this is a huge burden on the state and a gigantic burden on Ukrainians, because it is we, the taxpayers, who fill the state budget,” she said.
She also added that in this regard, employees of state institutions should not expect a salary increase. The priority remains the country's survival in the difficult conditions of war.
“There cannot be any significant costs to increase salaries for employees of state institutions. We would also like to increase social benefits of various kinds. But today our priority is to ensure that Ukraine survives,” Yanchenko added.
The Cabinet of Ministers approved the draft state budget for 2025: what are the spending priorities
The draft state budget for 2025 provides for defense spending of UAH 2.2 trillion, which is 26.3% of the country's projected gross domestic product (GDP).
This was reported by the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine
“This volume takes into account more than UAH 2 trillion of the general fund, UAH 151.2 billion of the special fund, including UAH 104.2 billion from the military personal income tax transferred to the special fund of the state budget, and UAH 30 billion in state guarantees,” the ministry reported.
It is noted that defense spending in 2025 will include monetary, material, and food supplies for the military, the acquisition of weapons, military equipment, and support for the defense industry complex. The projected dollar exchange rate is 45 UAH per $1.
UAH 169.3 billion is planned for education, which includes the payment of teachers' salaries, grants for higher education, provision of textbooks and healthy nutrition for students.
The minimum wage and the subsistence minimum remain at the level of December 2024.