Costs have doubled.
For flights of delegations involving President Volodymyr Zelensky in 2021, the State Administration of Affairs spent UAH 40.2 million, which is almost twice as much as a year earlier, reports the Chronicle.info with reference to Finance.
This is evidenced by the data of a single web -portal for the use of public funds spending.gov.ua
The largest expenses were associated with Zelensky's flight on the route «Kyiv-Keplavik-Washington-San Francisco-Los Angeles-Washington-Keplavik-Kyiv» in August — more than UAH 8.4 million.
The official visit of the President of Ukraine to the United States, the main purpose of which was to hold talks with US President Joe Biden, lasted two days — from August 31 to September 1 .
Vladimir Zelensky's flight to US to participate in the General Assembly UN.
Among the most expensive flights are also:
- to the United Arab Emirates for UAH 1.68 million;
- in Glasgow for the 26th UN Climate Summit — for UAH 1.5 million;
- to Brussels for Eastern Partnership Summit — for UAH 1.5 million;< /li>
- to Paris for talks with French President Emanuel Macron for UAH 1.2 million;
- and to Qatar for UAH 1.1 million.
Vladimir Zelensky spent half as much on domestic air travel in 2021 as in 2020 — only UAH 4.7 million.
Note that movement between states in 2020 was limited due to for the lockdown in the countries of the world and entry bans due to the pandemic.