Increasing the funding of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU) is one of the priorities of the draft national budget for 2018, Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has said.

"The issue of financing the SESU is one of the budget priorities for 2018," the Cabinet's press service quoted Groysman as saying.

Groysman together with President Petro Poroshenko and Secretary of the National Security Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov visited drills conducted by the State Emergency Situations Ministry, the Cabinet's press service said.

According to him, the expenses that are included in the state budget for the financing of the SESU should be funneled into measures to improve the quality of the service.

The Cabinet was scheduled to consider the draft national budget for 2018 on Friday, September 15.