Ukraine's Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has stated the draft national budget for 2017 includes $1.5 billion of confiscated funds of former high-ranking officials.

"Yes, we plan next year to get the funds that were stolen from Ukrainian citizens and are now seized, and plan to consolidate them in the budget of Ukraine for 2017," he told reporters.

According to him, there are two options in relation to these funds: the funds will be withdrawn or returned to the national budget, from which they were stolen.