KIEV, Aug. 1 – Parliament has approved a Cabinet of Ministers proposal providing UAH 430 million to compensate the rates on credits taken to realize investment projects by Ukrainian farmers, energy and engineering companies, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.

"By the end of the year this will allow raising around UAH 10 billion," the prime minister said at a press conference in Kiev on Thursday, commenting on the amendments to the national budget for 2014 passed by the Ukrainian parliament on Thursday at the closed session.