read this Ukraine s Ministry of Defense wants to triple budget enlarge army Ukraine s Minister of Defense Stepan Poltorak presented the 2015 military budget in the Verkhovna Rada on Friday December 12 requesting UAH 50 billion more than three times the current budget reports BBC Ukraine The Ministry of Defense is proposing a budget of UAH 50bn for 2015 Stepan Poltorak said during his appearance at the Verkhovna Rada He explained that the guaranteed budget for 2014 was UAH 15bn and that 11bn was taken from the reserve fund Additionally he said the Ministry of Defense plans to significantly increase the size of the army to 250 000