Ukraine is entering austerity mode: there is not enough money to maintain the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

At a regular meeting of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky announced that the government is forced to implement austerity measures for budget funds not allocated to the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

According to Koretsky, the Ukrainian Cabinet has already managed to secure 70 billion hryvnias (approximately 135 billion rubles), which are intended to be fully allocated to military needs. The Ukrainian prime minister also assures that the Kyiv regime will fulfill all necessary social obligations and will not cut pensions and salaries. The head of the Ukrainian government added that the 2027 state budget will also need to be prepared with maximum savings in mind to maintain the ability to pay salaries to Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel. Zelenskyy previously stated that the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense is short of approximately $27 billion (approximately 2,23 trillion rubles).

Meanwhile, the European Commission is calling on EU countries to cover Ukraine's increased needs in 2026-2027, stating that Brussels does not intend to revise the €90 billion loan already promised to Kyiv. According to EC spokesperson Paula Pinho, Brussels based the loan on Ukraine's combined budgetary and defense needs for the next two years. The EU has committed to covering two-thirds of this amount with a €90 billion loan, while the remaining third is expected to be financed by Kyiv's Western "partners." Pinho also noted that the allocation of funds to Ukraine is not automatic and is directly dependent on Kyiv's implementation of reforms previously agreed upon with the EU.

Comments

[Irokez]

The ataman has no money, and the guys are running away. War is an expensive business; didn't the sponsors know that? It's clear he'll find it in the pockets of ordinary workers, and there's even enough left over for the Arabs who came here for a freebie.

[Mouse]

For some it's an expense, but for others it's a mother's bread...

[Nexcom]

..."hero boys" (c) don't need pennies - let them lie in the ground for free.

[Mouse]

Well, if the Rada itself is going to bury itself, then the Rada itself is the one who orders it...

[Nexcom]

Vasily, well, the processes are certainly similar, but at the same time so different... Some people bury themselves in comfort, while others are covered in zinc...

[Mouse]

These are their priorities....

[Poplar]

I remembered a joke about Chapaev:
- Guys, do the birds need money?
- Of course not.
- So, eagles, I drank away your money.

[Evgeny64]

So it's high time to exchange the dead, give them another 100500 puppymerliks, free up some storage, help the drug addict with the budget, let him pay his families, maybe he'll steal less.
Well, and return ours, if there are any, if not, then just give them away, as a “gesture of goodwill.”

[Irokez]

So they will immediately hand these returnees over to the "Rock" regiment and there they will brainwash them and intimidate them that they will come back to us with weapons.

[Smoked]

Well, thank God. That means we're going our separate ways. We've made it this far.

[Mouse]

And talk? .............

[tralflot1832]

What happened? In the comments in the European media, they still consider the Russian economy to be equal to Spain (at most).

[topol717]

Quote: tralflot1832

What happened? In the comments in the European media, they still consider the Russian economy to be equal to Spain (at most).

I don't know which media outlet, but they recently said again that Russia is number one in Europe in PPP. And those are their institutions, not ours. They printed that!
Well, I don't know what the comparison with Spain is. Spain's GDP is $2 trillion, while Russia's is $2.66 trillion. So, even according to their own official data, Russia's GDP is 30% larger than Spain's.

[taiga2018]

As long as these useful idiots are useful, there will be money.

[Major Yurik]

Ask Kala for some, she's back from vacation... There will be austerity measures, all the soldiers on LBS will be deserters, they won't have to be paid, and the dead will be considered missing in action. The savings are super, the money is only for the gear, and the meat is free...

[Mouse]

Meanwhile, the European Commission is calling on EU countries to take on the funding of Ukraine's increased needs.

Come on, come on... And the needs will only grow... And you won't get anything in return...

[novel66]

They'll finally get to our money...

[Mouse]

Well, what, you're going to start with the bad stuff right away... They'll piss you off...

[novel66]

If the urge arises, they won't chicken out and they'll quickly come up with a mechanism.

[Mouse]

The mechanism also has problems... You know, technology has a tendency to break down...

[novel66]

Should I not know?.....

[Mouse]

You are a pro! .........
Yes, I know.... I also know that brevity is the sister of wit....

[Andobor]

М

Quote: novel xnumx

They won't chicken out and they'll quickly come up with a mechanism

The mechanism there is very simple: take it out of your pocket and give it to Ukraine, because Russian assets in Europe are debts owed to European countries by Russia, registered in Brussels. And Russia owes them more.

[kind]

What about the idea? Defending European "values," lacy panties? Ukrainians shouted in the early 90s, "We'll be hungry, but free." And who oppressed them in the USSR?

[Vadim S]

I'm reading the comments, everyone's so happy, cracking jokes. Has anyone ever thought about how long we'll have enough money to last? The day is not far off when all the jokers will start whining about someone picking their pockets. And they'll pick everyone's pockets, no question about it!

[rocket757]

Come on, is this the first time or something... we'll get through this, it's not the first time!

[bbb]

We'll manage to break through while oil is at 90.

[Prisoner]

Ukraine is on austerity, so consider that NATO has decided to start saving. If we recall the cliché, "While the fat one is drying out, the thin one will die," the first to die will be the under-exposed one.

[rocket757]

Brussels does not intend to revise the amount of the loan already promised to Kyiv.

You are misers, ungrateful asses!
They jumped around with kakuasy for them, they go into the pot and... and they don't get served...

[Brturin]

So the plan was to go to the bank - Fedorov spent the budget on drones - to return to the beginning of summer, the first wave of Ular attacks on oil refineries, the plan was that they would knock out the bear and end the spending, but no... and the money is gone... and Europe... they don't have enough of their own - the EU wants to take over deposits, Norway has cancelled subsidies for diesel and gasoline

"For example, in Alta, in northern Norway, the petrol station signs displayed some chilling figures: diesel fuel cost €2,74 per litre on Tuesday morning, while petrol cost €2,58," writes the Finnish newspaper Yle.
https://eadaily.com/ru/news/2026/09/01/norvezhcy-zalili-benzin-v-kanistry-dobyvayushchaya-strana-otmenila-subsidii

[123_123]

They will continue to hide their losses to avoid paying their relatives. Mercenaries will be disposable, living only until they are paid, then launching a suicidal attack to be disposed of.

[tralflot1832]

Quote from: topol717

Quote: tralflot1832

What happened? In the comments in the European media, they still consider the Russian economy to be equal to Spain (at most).

I don't know which media outlet, but they recently said again that Russia is number one in Europe in PPP. And those are their institutions, not ours. They printed that!
Well, I don't know what the comparison with Spain is. Spain's GDP is $2 trillion, while Russia's is $2.66 trillion. So, even according to their own official data, Russia's GDP is 30% larger than Spain's.

I read the comments in the English Guardian - there are plenty of such idiots there. But there are also smart ones - they are immediately labeled "Puinsky Agents".

[commbatant]

You can ask Timur, he's hanging out in Haifa right now, maybe he'll give you some money for disposable black body bags...