Funding of defense sector from state budget will be close to 5% of GDP – president

18:14, 20.12.2014 1 min read

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said the level of funding for the defense and security sector from the national budget for 2015 would be close to 5% of GDP.

"We've made spending on security and defense closer to a level of up to 5% of GDP," the president said, opening a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council in Kyiv on Saturday.