Ukraine's local budgets in January-May 2016 posted UAH 54 billion in revenue, which was 46%, or UAH 17 billion, up on the same period last year, Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said.

"There are funds at the level of regions, districts, communities which [should be] channeled into measures to improve people's life and infrastructure," he said at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

Groysman called on the local government to contribute to creating new jobs, raising salaries and wages "so that people could feel those improvements."