ukrainian defense minister: ukrainian military weapons and equipment have cost more than $150 billion
2024-09-22
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reference news reported on september 22according to a report by the russian satellite news agency on september 22, ukrainian defense minister rustem umerov said on the 21st that ukraine has spent more than 150 billion us dollars on weapons and equipment, but he did not specify when this amount was spent.
"we have spent more than $150 billion from our partners' and our own budgets, which means we need more money, so our capabilities will increase quickly," umerov reportedly said. "we need investments, we tell our partners that we will jointly produce, we will offer three-, five-, ten-year contracts, and we will develop markets with you so that we can export."
according to reports, ukrainian president zelensky signed the draft amendment to the 2024 state budget bill on the 21st. the bill proposes to "increase spending by 500 billion ukrainian hryvnias (more than 12 billion u.s. dollars) (including an increase of 495 billion hryvnias, or more than 11.9 billion u.s. dollars, in the security and defense sectors)".
