At a session on 23 January, the Cabinet of Ministers decided to transfer UAH 9.6 billion of military personal income tax to the defence and security forces. According to him, the funds will be used to purchase weapons, equipment, ammunition and protective equipment.

"At every Cabinet meeting, we adopt decisions that strengthen our defence. Recently, we have earmarked a record UAH 17.5 billion for the construction of fortifications and directed UAH 792 million for the urgent needs of military units," the Prime Minister said.

The Head of Government reminded that last autumn, the executive and legislative branches of government had made an important decision to redirect the personal income tax paid by our military from community budgets to the special fund of the state budget.

Thus, this year the state has received additional resources - plus UAH 51 billion for the development of the defence industry and more than UAH 43 billion for the production of drones.

Meanwhile, it was decided that 10% of the military personal income tax will be sent directly to military units.