The Cabinet of Ministers approves amendments to the state budget for 2025 by UAH 300 billion

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a bill to amend the state budget for 2025 to increase defense spending. This was reported to by First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Tax Policy Yaroslav Zheleznyak .

According to him, it is proposed to increase the general budget expenditures by UAH 317 billion this year.

In addition to the increase in spending, it is proposed to supplement the budget law with a provision that would allow the Cabinet of Ministers, as an exception, to cut spending in some areas and increase it in others, namely defense.

Verkhovna Rada to consider draft law by November.

Earlier, the head of the Budget Committee Roksolana Pidlasa told that the funds to finance the security and defense sector, which are lacking in the state budget for 2025, are planned to be raised through the ERA Loans mechanism, which is secured by the proceeds from the frozen assets of the Russian Federation.

, According to her, Ukraine's own domestic resources for financing military spending are completely exhausted, and unpopular decisions, such as raising the value added tax, cannot be adopted in the current Rada.

• july 31, 2025 The Rada increased the state budget by UAH 412 billion to finance the army.
• On September 9, Ekonomichna Pravda reported, citing its own sources, that these changes to the budget would not be enough until the end of the year .
• On September 19, Finance Minister Sergiy Marchenko confirmed that the 2025 budget would have to be changed once again .