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Budget declarations are prepared by two scenarios.
The Ministry of Finance did not have time to prepare a budget declaration project by June 1 / photo UNIANThe Ministry of Finance is preparing a budget declaration for 2026-2028, considering two scenarios-the basic and alternative, in which the war will last the whole 2026.
Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko announced this during a speech in the Verkhovna Rada, which was broadcast by People’s Deputy Oleksiy Goncharenko.
According to the Minister, the Ministry of Finance did not have time to prepare a project of the budget declaration until June 1.
“The first reason – cooperation with the IMF. You know that only a week ago the mission left Kiev, and first of all we worked with it in budget figures. The difficulty in the issue of a budget declaration is that, according to the IMF program, we need to reduce the budget deficit in the IMF program).”
According to him, it is about hundreds of billions of hryvnias, compared to the expenditures of the budget this year.
The minister noted that there are currently negotiations that can contribute to improving the situation with the war in Ukraine. However, when developing a budget declaration, the agency considers the pessimistic option – continuing the fighting next year.
“We would like the situation to improve. But pragmatically we are planning a budget declaration for two scenarios: the basic scenario and an alternative scenario that involves the continuation of hostilities for the whole period of 2026. I am not a predictor, I know how to change the situation.
He also added that, due to the failure to fulfill obligations to international parters, Ukraine has already lost more than billion euros in the first quarter.
The situation with budget expendituresFinance Minister Serhiy Marchenko reported that the government would apply to the Parliament for reviewing the state budget to increase military expenditures.
Among the reasons for the lack of funds on the Armed Forces, he called the change of technologies, a change in the supply of weapons from our partners and to activate the situation on the battlefield.
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