Ukraine’s parliament advances 2027 state budget with 90 committee proposals
Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, adopted the first-stage findings and proposals for the 2027 state budget, advancing the draft toward its first and second readings. The vote followed the budget committee’s review of 5,236 amendments, which it consolidated into 90 proposals for the government to consider or incorporate before second reading.
Key points
- 232 MPs voted to adopt the first-stage budget findings and proposals in principle.
- The budget committee reviewed 5,236 amendments and consolidated them into 90 proposals.
- The draft plans state expenditure of more than 8 trillion hryvnia.
- The draft projects 3.7 trillion hryvnia in own state resources and 52.6 billion US dollars in international assistance.
- A preliminary assessment put the cost of accepting all amendments at an additional 13.5 trillion hryvnia.
- The government was instructed to consider higher military pay, service-member housing and additional funding for rare-disease medicines.
- Further consideration of the budget was planned for 28 October, with second reading and final adoption scheduled for 23–26 November.
Why it matters
The vote marks the first formal parliamentary stage in adopting Ukraine’s 2027 state budget. It requires the government to consider or incorporate 90 committee proposals while preparing the draft for second reading. The scale of the proposal is significant: the budget provides for more than 8 trillion hryvnia in expenditure, including higher security and defence spending, while a large share of planned revenue depends on international assistance and tax changes that have not yet been adopted.
What happened
The Verkhovna Rada adopted in principle the findings and proposals prepared by its budget committee regarding the 2027 state budget. The committee examined 5,236 amendments submitted by MPs and consolidated them into 90 proposals. Following the vote, the parliament moved on to considering amendments, while the government must account for or consider the adopted proposals in preparing the budget for second reading.
The committee instructed the government to examine higher military pay, increased expenditure on housing for service members and additional funding for medicines for people with rare diseases. It also proposed doubling state guarantees for defence-industry enterprises to 60 billion hryvnia, creating a subsidy for local budgets to finance national-resistance training centres, and directing 4% of personal income tax to community budgets.
The committee also proposed restricting the use of the production and entrepreneurship support programme to finance the “National Cashback” programme, assessing whether continued budget payments under it are warranted, and allowing large privatisation auctions with reduced starting prices in 2027. Many submitted amendments were rejected or left for further consideration because they lacked balance, supporting calculations or realistic funding sources.
How Ukrainian sources describe it
Ukrainian reporting focuses on the parliamentary procedure, the record number of amendments, the 90 consolidated committee proposals and the changes the government must consider before second reading. Particular attention is given to defence priorities, military pay and housing, medicines for rare diseases, local-budget funding, privatisation and fiscal balance. Coverage also highlights contested committee proposals and criticism that some substantive amendments were not incorporated.
Background
The Cabinet of Ministers presented the 2027 draft state budget to the Verkhovna Rada on 16 September. It projects state expenditure of more than 8 trillion hryvnia, four times the level before Russia’s full-scale invasion. The draft relies on 3.7 trillion hryvnia in own state resources and expects 52.6 billion US dollars in international assistance. A preliminary assessment found that accepting all submitted amendments would require an additional 13.5 trillion hryvnia.