Building solid defensive borders is one of the main goals of defence policy. This was emphasised by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal during a Government session on February 13.
“Since the beginning of 2024, the Government has allocated UAH 20 billion from the state budget reserve fund for fortifications. Additional resources from other sources of funding amount to another UAH 10.7 billion,” said Denys Shmyhal.
He noted that the fortifications were being built at the expense of the state budget reserve fund, local budgets, military personal income tax and charitable funds on the NBU special account.
According to him, not only the regions, but also the Ministry of Defence, the State Special Transport Service and the State Agency for the Restoration and Development of Infrastructure of Ukraine are now customers of the works.
According to the Prime Minister, almost UAH 3 billion of the total amount from the reserve fund was allocated to the Ministry of Defence and the State Special Transport Service.
Another UAH 16 billion was allocated to regional administrations. In particular, UAH 3.9 billion has been allocated for the construction of fortifications in Kharkiv region, UAH 1.3 billion – for Zaporizhzhia region, UAH 1.2 billion – for Donetsk region and over UAH 1.2 billion – for Kherson region. (Government portal/Business World Magazine)
