The building of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in Kyiv. File photoMOSCOW, Aug 15The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine increased spending on defense and economic support by $7.3 billion, Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko said. 2 billion hryvnias ($7.3 billion – ed.),” Honcharenko wrote in his Telegram channel. . What is happening with the economy of UkraineRada Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak said that spending is increasing due to an increase in domestic borrowing. Total security and defense spending this year now stands at $32.5 billion, he said. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbas. .jpg» />Volodin said that Ukraine has lost its financial independence
