Financing the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine as a factor to impact for the system of resource provision

Abstract

The article is of interest to scientists and managers who are concerned with the comprehensive provision of Ukraine's defense needs. In the context of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation in eastern Ukraine and the temporary annexation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, ensuring the urgent needs of Ukraine's defense is the highest priority of state policy. Ukraine's integration into the European space and its efforts to gain long-awaited NATO membership require a review and improvement of Ukraine's national security mechanisms, including resource provision. The key issue of the article is the analysis of the dynamics of expenditures from the state budget for the needs of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine in the context of ongoing aggression by the Russian Federation and the directions of their use. An integral aspect in the process of studying this topic was the analysis of costs for the development, purchase, modernization and repair of weapons, military equipment, tools, equipment and the dynamics of expenditures for the maintenance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The dynamics of nominal GDP indicators to the need for defense expenditures is also presented. The minimum steps for improvement of the existing mechanism of financial maintenance of needs of a defense, defense-industrial complex, and creation of effective system of management in the crisis period are offered. The analysis conducted in the article allowed to identify the existing gaps in the budget process, which is manifested in the variability of the approved allocation plans in which constant changes are made, volatile indicators of expenditures. The key issues in the context of the study are the long-term economic and political crisis and the long-term fight against corruption.