
In addition to new weaponry, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky recently announced a substantial military aid package, including the addition of 100,000 soldiers over the next three years and improved contract conditions. "All this costs a significant amount of Ukrainian's not so big budget." "Ukraine's army is growing and funds are needed for rearmament as the majority of its weapons come from the Soviet era," she said. Vyacheslav Tseluyko, a security expert and associate professor at the Kharkiv National University, said Kyiv had to spend a significant part of its budget to maintain its forces. There would be £60 billion (65.3 billion) in subsidies for gas and power bills in the first six months alone, he said. In 2020, it reached an all-time high of roughly $6 billion - or around 4 percent of the country's GDP. The top Democrats and Republicans on congressional committees dealing with foreign affairs are pressing to include money to shore up Taiwan’s defenses and aid Ukraine in a year-end. When Joe Biden’s son Hunter was serving as 'a director to Ukraine’s largest private gas producer,' the elder Biden 'threatened to withhold 1 BILLION in U.S. In all, lawmakers allocated 3.5 billion to. Since 2014, when fighting broke out between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists following Moscow's annexation of Crimea, Kyiv has doubled the country's military budget. More than half of the Pentagon’s 6.5 billion portion of the emergency-spending package for Ukraine is designated simply to replenish DoD inventories. has provided Ukraine with billions of dollars in security assistance.

The cost of Ukraine's defense has increased. The United States is working with Allies and partners to support Ukraine in their fight for sovereignty and freedom. President Biden on Thursday signed a 1.7-trillion spending bill that will keep the federal government operating through the end of.
