read this ukraine s ministry of defense wants to triple budget enlarge army ukraine s 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