REUTERS
The anti-COVID-19 fund is estimated at US$2.4 billion.
Ukraine's national budget in January-March 2020 grew by 25% year-over-year from UAH 26.2 billion (US$966.8 million), to UAH 32.732 billion (US$1.21 billion).
The country's consolidated budget consisting of the national and regional budgets saw a UAH 17.324 billion (US$639.3 million) deficit in the first three months of 2020, which was 93% higher than the deficit for the same period in 2019 estimated at UAH 8.97 billion (US$331 million), the State Treasury Service of Ukraine said on its website.
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As UNIAN reported earlier, the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, on April 13 adopted amendments to the 2020 national budget. They are designed to fight the COVID-19 epidemic. The changes suggest a threefold increase in the budget deficit, to UAH 298 billion (US$11 billion).
After the changes are introduced, the national budget's revenue will amount to UAH 975.8 billion (US$36.01 billion), spending will total UAH 1.266 trillion (US$46.7 billion), the deficit will be capped at UAH 298.4 billion (US$11 billion). The state debt's ceiling is set at UAH 2.387 trillion (US$88.1 billion).
The anti-COVID-19 fund is estimated at UAH 64.7 billion (US$2.39 billion).