A day of war costs $100 million, Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said in an interview.

"War Day costs us 100 million dollars. And now take the budgets of all the respectable large volunteer foundations and see how much they raise. And the state, which spends 100 million dollars a day in total. Just think about it. Therefore, it is unfair to make claims to the state - the military and political leadership, everyone from local leaders to the parliament, government, and president - that everything is done by volunteers. This is not true," Reznikov said.

The Defense Minister emphasized that the army is actually provided by Ukrainian citizens who work and pay taxes that go to the state budget, and from there - to the needs of the army and the country's infrastructure.

It is important to note that Ukraine has received significant assistance from its partners in the amount of about $100 billion in weapons and military equipment since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion.


"The army is the largest consumer of funds today. However, funds are also needed to maintain the country as a whole: for infrastructure, for reconstruction, for supporting the socially vulnerable. Therefore, we need to work and pay taxes. Businesses need to be active and support entrepreneurs," the Defense Minister added.


Earlier today, we wrote about the President's intention to dismiss Reznikov from the post of Defense Minister.