National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov is urging the Cabinet of Ministers to introduce a big increase in the wages in the armed forces in the draft state budget for 2018.
The press service of the National Security and Defense Council announced this in a statement, Ukrainian News Agency reports.
"I am demanding that the budget planning underway now should result in an essential growth in wages of our military!.. I have sent my proposals regarding the defense budget of our country to the Cabinet of Ministers," Turchynov said.
He called for increase in wages attached to positions and in payments for military ranks.
"The payments for military ranks of soldiers and officers (disgraceful UAH 5 for each promotion!) have not changed since 1999!" he said.
The secretary of the National Security and Defense Council says the wages of military cannot be lower than wages of civil servants.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, the wage of National Security and Defense Council Secretary Turchynov for June made UAH 52,200.
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