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Zelenskyy plans to ask Europe for help to pay Ukraine’s soldiers
UKRAINE, JUL 25 – Zelensky aims to restore anti-corruption agencies' independence and seeks European funding to raise Ukrainian soldiers' pay amid ongoing Russian attacks and political protests.
- Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky plans to ask European allies to finance soldiers' salaries, telling reporters `allies have so far declined to finance direct military costs like personnel compensation.`
- On July 22, Ukraine's parliament approved a law subordinating anti-corruption agencies, sparking backlash over their independence.
- Veterans and activists led protests since the invasion, and Dmytro Koziatynskyi called it `an assault on the anti-corruption framework`.
- On July 25, Zelensky announced a new bill to restore agencies' independence, promising strengthened oversight and polygraph tests.
- Ukraine needs $25 billion annually for defense production, Zelenskyy said, as discussions begin with European leaders and U.S. officials.
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Zelenskyy Plans to Ask Europe for Help to Pay Ukraine’s Soldiers
With a mobilization campaign in Ukraine increasingly unpopular among a population fatigued by the war that’s in its fourth year, Zelenskyy’s government wants to motivate more volunteers by offering substantial payments.
Even now, more than half of the Ukrainian budget is being financed from abroad. Now Kiev needs even more funds for war financing. President Volodymyr Selenskyy urges that the wages of Ukrainian soldiers be financed by the allies. "In the past, Europeans refused to give money for the wages of our military, only for weapons. But it turns out that our military can be just those weapons that all defend," Selenskyy explained on Friday. This is part o…
As the war gets bogged down, Kiev urges its European allies to finance the salaries of its soldiers. An unprecedented demand in an increasingly tense budgetary, political and humanitarian context. ...
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