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3,339 amendments to 2026 budget: MPs break 2007 record – Pidlasa Ukrainian lawmakers have broken a 19-year record by submitting 3,339 amendments to the draft state budget for 2026, setting a new all-time high. 1 182 12 Previously in trend: Amendments to the State Budget 
Ukraine has exhausted options to increase defense spending, partners’ support needed – Pidlasa Ukraine has already reached the limit of increasing its own budget revenues used to finance defense needs. 20 0 Previously in trend: External financing Budget-2026 
Rada increases non-military state budget spending by 40 billion. Where will funds go? The Verkhovna Rada has adopted amendments to the law "On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2025" that provide for an increase in non-military spending totalling about UAH 40 billion. 33 0 Previously in trend: State budget If amendments to budget are not adopted by mid-September, there will be no funds to pay salaries to military - "servant of people" Pidlasa If budget expenditures are not increased by half a trillion in mid-September, the government will not have the funds to pay salaries to the military at the end of September. 5 376 45 
Mobilization of 500 thousand people in 2024 will cost state about 720 billion hryvnias, - Head of Budget Committee of VR, "servant of people" Pidlasa The state will have to spend about 720 billion hryvnias to mobilize half a million Ukrainians. 6 652 92 War in Ukraine "Servant of People" proposed to raise taxes on iPhones and on those who earn more than UAH 20 thousand. Roksolana Pidlasa (Servant of the People), Head of the Rada Budget Committee, proposes to introduce a luxury tax, in particular on new iPhones. 26 627 251 Economics 
If EU does not increase financing of Ukraine, it will have to reduce financing of state programs, - "Servant of People" Pidlasa If the European Union does not agree to an increase in financing of the state budget of Ukraine for 2024 from 9 to 18 billion euros, the reduction in financing could affect business support programs and not only. 14 580 77 Previously in trend: Budget-2024 
Council Committee supported draft law on voluntary military registration for women The Verkhovna Rada’s Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence supported the draft law proposing to make military registration for women voluntary. 4 861 14 Society 
