In Kyiv, there is a proposal to allocate an additional 2 billion hryvnia for defense needs
In Kyiv, there is a proposal to allocate an additional 2 billion hryvnias from the city budget to support Ukraine’s security and defense forces. At the same time, the draft resolution seeks to establish defense as one of the capital’s budget priorities and to allocate at least a quarter of the available balance—which will be formed by early 2027—to these needs.
The Kyiv City Council has registered a draft resolution providing for additional funding for Ukraine’s security and defense forces. The amount in question is 2 billion hryvnias from Kyiv’s budget. The funds are proposed to be allocated to meet the needs of the Ukrainian military and other components of the security and defense sector.
The authors of the initiative explain that in the context of a full-scale war, the city budget must take into account not only the needs of the capital itself but also the need to support those who defend it. “Defending the capital requires not just words, but concrete budget decisions and adequate funding,” the draft’s rationale states.
They Want to Make Defense a Budget Priority
The document provides not only for a one-time allocation of 2 billion hryvnias. The draft proposes designating support for security and defense forces as one of the priority areas for the use of Kyiv’s financial resources in 2026.
In other words, the goal is for defense funding to remain a distinct priority in the allocation of city funds, rather than depending solely on individual decisions made throughout the year. The authors of the bill emphasize that Kyiv has the financial capacity to support defense. In their view, a portion of these funds should be systematically allocated to the needs of the military.
They propose automatically allocating a portion of unspent funds to defense
Another proposal concerns funds that may remain in the budget after the end of the year. The document proposes establishing a rule whereby at least 25% of the unspent budget balance as of the beginning of 2027 will be allocated to the needs of the security and defense forces.
Simply put, if funds remain in the capital after the budget is executed, they want to earmark at least a quarter of that surplus for defense. The surplus itself consists of funds remaining in the general fund of the local budget in excess of the required working capital balance. The Budget Code allows these funds to be used to finance expenditures upon a decision by the relevant council.
How Much Is Kyiv Already Spending on the Military?
For several years now, the capital has been allocating significant funds to support the Armed Forces. According to data from the “CHESNO” movement, in 2025 Kyiv actually allocated 13.8 billion hryvnias to the army’s needs out of the 14.6 billion hryvnias that had been planned. The main funding program was the city’s “Defender of Kyiv” program.
In June 2026, the Kyiv City Council also increased funding for the “Defender of Kyiv” program by another 2 billion hryvnias. At that time, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported that since the beginning of 2026, the city had already allocated 3 billion hryvnias to support Ukrainian defenders, and the total additional funding was set to increase by another 2 billion. According to Klitschko, last year the capital allocated over 12 billion hryvnias to support the Defense Forces, and more than 75,000 drones of various types were delivered to the military.
What’s Next
For now, this is just a draft resolution, not a decision already adopted by the Kyiv City Council. If council members support it, the capital’s budget will be amended accordingly, and 2 billion hryvnias will be allocated to support the security and defense forces.
Separately, council members must decide on the proposed provision regarding 25% of the future budget surplus. The authors of the initiative believe that, in wartime, budget priorities must align with the country’s security needs. “Security and defense are matters of concrete decisions, responsibility, and resources,” the draft states. This was reported by Andrii Vitrenko.
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