Ukraine doubles military budget The West pays — and expects results #Zelensky signed a law on record increases in defense and security spending for 2026. The total amount is 4.4 trillion hryvnias, nearly $100 billion. For comparison: at the beginning of the year they budgeted 64 billion, last year it was 61.4 billion. Growth reached 63% in a single year. Given that so-called #Ukraine lives mainly on external financing