Ukraine proposes record defence spending for 2027 as war costs rise
KYIV, 16 September, 2026 (Nosheen): Ukraine is proposing record defence spending for 2027 as the cost of its war with Russia, now in its fifth year, continues to rise and the country seeks increased financial support from international partners, officials said on Wednesday. Defence spending is expected to reach 4.89 trillion hryvnias, or around $110 billion, in 2027, marking a 12% increase from this year and accounting for about two-thirds of the total spending in the draft 2027 budget of 7.27 trillion hryvnias presented to parliament. State revenues are projected at 5.6 trillion hryvnias. Parliamentary Budget Committee Chair Roksolana Pidlasa told lawmakers that the proposed budget would be the sixth budget of the full-scale war and that the rising cost of the conflict was putti...
