Costs for military maintenance increased sharply in August – by almost 42% to 88 billion hryvnias.
From the beginning of the Russian invasion, 375.6 billion hryvnias were allocated to pay military salaries, which is 31.3% of all expenditures of the general fund of the state budget (1200.8 billion hryvnias). This is confirmed by State Treasury data.
In particular, in August, military currency maintenance expenditure increased to UAH 87.8 billion from UAH 62 billion in July, or by 41.6%.
In the overall structure of monetary expenditures, their share reached 41.3% from 35.4% in July, while all monetary expenditures of the state budget in August increased to UAH 212.7 billion from UAH 174.9 billion in July.
In general, expenditures of the general fund of the state budget for wages with accruals in August amounted to UAH 112.4 billion, or 52.8% of expenditures, and since the beginning of the war – UAH 499 billion, or 41.6 %.
UAH 149.7 billion, or 12.5%, was spent on the purchase of military equipment, weapons, ammunition, defense products, personal protective equipment, including UAH 14.6 billion, or 6.9% in August.
According to the Ministry of Finance, since the beginning of the war, 21.7% of all expenditures, or UAH 257.4 billion (in August – UAH 43.2 billion), were for social security. Including UAH 111.3 billion – transfer to the Pension Fund of Ukraine, UAH 78.2 billion – payments to the Ministry of Social Policy of benefits, compensation, benefits and housing subsidies, as well as monthly targeted assistance to immigrants, and UAH 30.4 billion – assistance under the С”Support program.
Of the remaining costs, 5.9-6.5% fell on the National Health Service for the implementation of the program of state guarantees of medical care – UAH 73.9 billion (in August – UAH 11.7 billion), public debt repayment – UAH 77.5 billion ( in August – UAH 12.3 billion) and transfers to local budgets – UAH 70.5 billion (in August – UAH 6.4 billion).
Remember, on September 13, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the draft budget-2023, it was submitted to the parliament for consideration. UAH 1,006 billion is provided for security and defense in the budget of Ukraine-2023.
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