By KYIV. Dec 6 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Servant of the People Party transferred a part of its budget financing in the amount of UAH 130 million for the production of weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), the head of the political force, Olena Shuliak, has said.
"Our political force, the Servant of the People Party, is sending a major part of its budget financing for the assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. We are speaking about the funds which parliamentary parties receive from the national budget for financing of their statutory activities… At the party level […], today we have approved a decision to transfer UAH 130 million of state financing directly for the assistance to the AFU. We have consulted with the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine and decided that we want to send this money for the support to a Ukrainian manufacturer and buy Ukrainian weapons, as well as produce Ukrainian Stuhna-P missile systems," she said at a press conference hosted by the military media center on Tuesday.
In turn, Deputy Defense Minister of Ukraine Hanna Maliar said that the 2022 national budget provided UAH 131 billion for defense, however, expenditures in the sphere increased after Russia’s full-scale invasion.
"Today, the Defense Ministry spends more than UAH 70 billion per month only for monetary support for the military. That is why we definitely need financial and weapons supply assistance," she said.
