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According to the deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak, from April to June 2022, the needs ...

Half's hryvnias for salaries: as Ukraine finances its army during the war

According to the deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak, from April to June 2022, the needs of the Armed Forces General Staff for providing increased 4 times. As of November 3, the Ministry of Defense financed the Ukrainian military salaries worth UAH 496. 9 billion. A member of the Financial Committee of the Council, the People's Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak, announced this in his Telegram-channel. According to the deputy, it is 8. 1 times more than for the whole 2021 years.

In addition, according to Yaroslav Zheleznyak, from April to June 2022, the needs of the Armed Forces General Staff for providing increased four times. Thus, to meet the rear needs of the military and employees of the Ukrainian army, the Ministry of Defense concluded 641 agreements in the amount of UAH 96. 06 billion. On February 24, 2022, the Russian troops began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.

On the same day, mobilization was announced in Ukraine, and many servicemen went to the front to confront the aggressor. Already on February 27, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promised to pay servicemen who defend the state with weapons in their hands, salaries of 100 thousand UAH. He stressed that Ukrainian servicemen are fighting "not for money, but today and for tomorrow. " And he said that today their work is most important, so it has to pay well.

In addition, military personnel who are not directly involved in the fighting are a remuneration of 30 thousand UAH for service in the army. At the same time, the Ukrainian military has already been 500 Russian tanks from the beginning of the invasion of Zabrofey. The Armed Forces received virtually all available tanks and modifications that are in the Russian army.