Kiev spending $6 million daily on military operations in Ukraine's Southeast.

KIEV, July 31 (RIA Novosti) – Ukrainian authorities spend 70 million hryvnias ($5.8 million) daily on conducting the special military operation in the southeast of the country, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said at a parliament session Thursday.

“Currently, Ukraine spends 70 million hryvnia a day to implement the 'ATO' ,” Poroshenko said.

During the Thursday session, Ukraine’s parliament amended the state budget for this year, allocating $758 million for additional funding of the Armed Forces and $158 million for the rehabilitation of Luhansk and Donetsk regions’ infrastructure.

Ukraine’s parliament also amended the country’s tax code, introducing a temporary military tax of 1.5 percent on working citizens’ wages. The government expects to obtain $241 million from the tax.

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Added: Jul-31-2014 by sobokow
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