Ukraine’s Budget Committee backs 2027 state budget for first reading
Ukraine’s parliamentary Budget Committee recommended that the Verkhovna Rada adopt the draft 2027 state budget in its first reading, with consideration planned for around October 28. Committee members processed 5,236 amendments, supported 90 budget conclusions and unanimously backed a military-pay amendment.
Key points
- The Verkhovna Rada plans to consider the 2027 state budget in first reading around October 28.
- Committee members processed 5,236 amendments and supported 90 budget conclusions.
- Members unanimously supported amendment No. 1279 on increasing military pay.
- Amendment No. 1279 initially envisaged a minimum 20% increase in servicemembers’ monetary provision from January 1, 2027.
- The government secured removal of the specified 20% increase from the amendment’s wording.
- The government’s draft allocates 4.885 trillion hryvnias to defense, nearly 44% of GDP.
- The Cabinet was instructed to review military salaries and consider the committee’s recommendations before second reading.
Why it matters
The committee’s recommendation advances the 2027 budget toward parliamentary approval. As the central fiscal plan for sustaining Ukraine’s wartime expenditure, the budget will determine how national funding is distributed between defense, security and other public priorities.
What happened
The Budget Committee of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, recommended adopting the government’s draft 2027 state budget in first reading. Its members examined 5,236 amendments during two working groups and a nine-hour committee meeting, then supported 90 budget conclusions. They also unanimously backed amendment No. 1279 on military pay. Although the amendment originally referred to raising the minimum monetary provision for servicemembers by at least 20% from January 1, 2027, that percentage was removed following government intervention. The amendment was considered alongside No. 1283, which requires the Cabinet of Ministers to review military salaries. First-reading consideration in the parliamentary chamber is planned for around October 28.
Where reporting differs
Ukrainian reports differ in how many amendments were processed: some state that 5,236 were examined, while others use rounded descriptions such as “more than 5,000” or “more than 5,200.” The synthesis does not indicate that these differences reflect different underlying sets of amendments.
Background
The government’s draft assigns 4.885 trillion hryvnias to defense in 2027, equivalent to nearly 44% of Ukraine’s GDP.