By KYIV. Jan 23 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine sent the Defense Forces UAH 9.6 billion in military personal income tax for the purchase of weapons, equipment, ammunition and protective equipment, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.
“Let me remind you that last autumn the executive and legislative authorities jointly made an important decision to redirect personal income tax funds paid by our military from the budgets of communities to a special fund of the state budget,” Shmyhal said at a government meeting on Tuesday.
Thus, according to him, by 2024 the additional resource is UAH 51 billion for the development of the military-industrial complex and more than UAH 43 billion for the production of drones.
“At the same time, it was decided that 10% of military personal income tax will be sent directly to military units. Therefore, today, we are transferring UAH 9.6 billion of military personal income tax to the Defense Forces for the purchase of weapons, equipment, ammunition, and protective equipment,” the prime minister said.
As Taras Melnychuk, a representative of the Cabinet of Ministers in the Verkhovna Rada, reported on his Telegram channel, the funds will be sent to: the Ministry of Defense, the State Special Transport Service, the State Border Guard Service, the National Guard, Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense, the Security Service and the Foreign Intelligence Service for their further distribution to subordinate military units to improve their logistics.
