Ukrainian cabinet approves additional $100 million for defensive fortifications in five regions

The Ukrainian government is beefing up its defense capabilities, earmarking an additional UAH 3.88 billion (around $100 million) to construct defensive structures across five key regions, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal wrote on Telegram on April 12.

"Kharkiv Oblast is set to receive UAH 1.7 billion ($43.3 million), while Sumy Oblast will get UAH 1.5 billion ($38.2 million) for fortifications," Shmyhal detailed. Additional funding is also slated for Donetsk, Kherson, and Mykolaiv oblasts, bolstering Ukraine's defensive posture.

This latest allocation pushes the total funds dedicated to fortifications since the year's start to nearly UAH 30 billion ($764.9 million).

On March 12, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the core of the Russian army had been destroyed andrevealed Ukraine’s initiative to construct three lines of defense along the entire front line.

On March 11, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal reported at the staff meeting on the pace of construction of new fortifications.

Ivan Fedorov, head of the Zaporizhzhya Oblast Military Administration, announced earlier that the Cabinet of Ministers, on behalf of the President, had allocated a record-breaking UAH 1.3 billion ($33.9 million) for the construction of fortifications on the Zaporizhzhya front.

Denys Shmyhal said on Feb. 13 that the Cabinet of Ministers had already allocated 20 billion hryvnas ($520.8 million) for fortifications in 2024.

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