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