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Yatsenyuk: increasing salaries, pensions impossible due to military actions in Ukraine

All resources are spent on defense, security, army, tanks, weapons, on strengthening security, building a border," he said

KIEV, February 28. /TASS/. Increasing salaries and pensions in Ukraine is impossible now due to military actions in the east of the country, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk told a government session on Saturday.

"At the moment, the country does not have resources for this as all resources are spent on defense, security, army, tanks, weapons, on strengthening security, building a border," he said.

The Ukrainian army is "the first priority" for Ukraine, Yatsenyuk said, adding that 5.2% of the GDP is spent on defense.