Overview
- The Verkhovna Rada approved law No. 14103 to add ₴324.7 billion to the 2025 state budget for defense.
- Allocations include ₴210.9 billion for the Armed Forces, ₴99.1 billion for weapons and ammunition, and ₴8.1 billion for the National Guard.
- Smaller sums are directed to drone procurement through the State Service of Special Communications (₴4.3 billion), the SBU (₴1.3 billion), the State Special Transport Service (₴918 million), the Border Guard (₴83 million), Defense Intelligence (₴28.8 million), and the Foreign Intelligence Service (₴8 million).
- The financing plan relies on ₴294.3 billion in international assistance, including €6 billion in ERA loans, plus ₴10.4 billion in non-military spending cuts and an expected ₴20 billion rise in revenue from taxes and the military levy.
- Officials said part of the funding will come via a G7 loan backed by interest on frozen Russian sovereign assets, with $28 billion already received in 2025, and this second budget boost after July’s ₴412.3 billion raise brings total defense spending to roughly ₴2.96 trillion as defense outlays exceeded 63% of spending in the first nine months of 2025.