KYIV, Sept 20 – Cash expenditures for the monetary maintenance of military personnel in August rose to UAH 87.8 billion from UAH 62 billion in July, or by 41.6%, the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine reported on Monday, citing data from the State Treasury.

According to them, in the overall structure of cash expenditures, their share reached 41.3% from 35.4% in July, while all cash expenditures of the state budget in August increased to UAH 212.7 billion from UAH 174.9 billion in July.