Military Salaries Until the End of 2025: Why Guarantees Do Not Mean Stability.

According to inkorr.com: The head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Budget Issues, Roksolana Pidlasa, firmly confirmed that there will be no delays in payments until the end of 2025

"salaries for military personnel"

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Funding for the Armed Forces: Sources of Funds

Pidlasa reported that the government is actively working to resolve liquidity issues by attracting financial resources through the issuance of government domestic bonds (OVDP). This allows avoiding delays in funding the army, especially during intense hostilities. She emphasized that defense expenditures remain a priority, and the Ministry of Finance has already adapted budget mechanisms to ensure a stable flow of payments.

Challenges in Funding Ukraine's Defense Sector

However, Pidlasa acknowledged that there is a significant deficit

"funding for the defense sector"

• Insufficient supply of weapons and ammunition from Western partners, forcing Kyiv to purchase weapons at its own expense on international markets.
• Increasing costs for social support for military personnel and their families, including medical care, psychological support, and compensation for the deceased.
• General budget strain due to prolonged war, where priorities are constantly being redistributed to meet frontline needs.

Pidlasa also mentioned that covering this deficit by cutting other budget items is impossible.

"This can only be done within the security and defense sector. Even if you cut social expenditures by 300 billion, although there isn't even that much to cut, it still cannot be transferred to defense needs because social financing comes from international partners' money," she explained.

This statement comes against the backdrop of ongoing discussions about Ukraine's budget stability in 2025. Since the full-scale invasion, the volume of defense spending has increased several times – from 5% of GDP in 2021 to over 20% now. The government has already made adjustments to the state budget for 2025, adding over 500 billion hryvnias for defense, but experts estimate that the real needs amount to 1 trillion.

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In the current conditions, it is critically important for funding the defense sector to remain at a high level, as this directly affects the country's security. Support from international partners and optimization of internal resources will be key to stability in this challenging time.