senior ukrainian mp: there is no money to pay the troops this month! zelensky: the conflict must be ended by the end of this fall
2024-09-07
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on friday (6th) local time, rokosonara piedrasa, chairman of the ukrainian parliament's budget committee, said in a speech on ukrainian tv that the ukrainian military no longer has enough funds to pay the full salaries of frontline soldiers this month (september).
at the same time, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky continued to put pressure on nato to demand weapons. according to cctv news, zelensky arrived at ramstein air base in germany on the 6th to attend the ukrainian defense liaison group meeting, where he met with u.s. secretary of defense austin and german defense minister pistorius. zelensky said that the conflict must be ended by the end of this fall, "we need funds."
in fact, since the outbreak of the russian-ukrainian conflict, the war has emptied ukraine's treasury. in june this year, ukraine began planning to sell state-owned assets to raise money for the conflict. in addition to selling state-owned assets, the ukrainian government also plans to make up for the empty treasury by increasing taxes on individuals and companies, with the goal of raising about $3.3 billion by the end of the year. this plan has not yet been officially passed into law, but it has already been strongly opposed by ukrainian companies.
senior ukrainian mp warned:
ukrainian troops' salaries may be drastically reduced in september
"the ministry of defense has told us that there is not enough money to pay the troops before september 20." piedrasa warned that unless lawmakers approve amendments to the budget bill, ukrainian troops' salaries in september will be significantly reduced.
according to piedrassa, the current funding budget gap is related to the delay of several months in the us aid to ukraine. it is reported that the us congress had been deadlocked on the issue of aid to ukraine, and it was deadlocked for several months before a new round of aid bills were finally passed in april this year. the previous round of us aid to ukraine was exhausted at the end of 2023. under this circumstance, ukraine had to use the funds originally used to pay military salaries to pay for the delivery of weapons.
▲on august 26, in the luhansk region, ukrainian soldiers fought in the trenches. photo courtesy of visual china
the senior lawmaker also added that ukraine must fill a $5 billion budget gap in military spending. it was also reported that ukrainian prime minister shmygal said in august that ukraine lacked $15 billion to make up for the 2025 budget deficit. ukrainian lawmaker alexandra ustinova also said earlier that ukraine is addressing the gap in the national budget, "if the united states stops providing aid, ukraine will have to ask the group of seven (g7) for money."
zelensky puts pressure on nato:
the conflict must end by late fall
on september 6, the ukrainian defense contact group meeting was held at the air force base in the western german town of ramstein. zelensky's attendance at the ukrainian defense contact group meeting is considered rare. at this meeting led by the united states, zelensky once again urged nato to put pressure on russia to agree to the negotiation conditions proposed by kiev this fall. he also urged western countries to coordinate relevant companies to produce weapons in ukraine as soon as possible. "we need funds. we are ready to produce (weapons) quickly." zelensky said that the conflict should end this fall.
▲on september 6, zelensky (center) attended the ukrainian defense liaison group meeting. photo courtesy of visual china
zelensky also urged western countries not to set limits on providing weapons to ukraine. "we need to have long-range weapons. we need to use such weapons not only on ukrainian soil, but we should also be allowed to use them on russian soil."
in response to zelensky's request, u.s. defense secretary austin, who chaired the meeting, said: "russia has already transferred key weapons to russia, which means that even if the united states agrees to relax restrictions on the use of weapons against ukraine, it will not affect the overall military balance."
according to reports, a us intelligence assessment shows that since ukraine began receiving the us army tactical missile system (atacms), russia has moved 90% of its military aircraft to military bases that are beyond the range of atacms missiles.
some analysts pointed out that the now open stalemate highlights the risks that zelensky will face. on the one hand, ukrainian army commander-in-chief alexander sersky has admitted that kiev's plan to divert the russian army by attacking russia's kursk oblast has failed. according to reference news, the russian ministry of defense said on the 6th that in the combat operations in the kursk direction, the russian army killed more than 10,400 enemy troops. on the other hand, if the conflict continues into winter, once ukraine's infrastructure is destroyed, ukraine will have a very bad winter.
red star news reporter li jinrui compiled cctv news and reference news
editor zhang xun responsible editor wei kongming
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