During an extraordinary parliamentary session on June 18, none of the seven resolutions seeking to overturn the law secured the required number of votes. While 226 votes were needed for approval, the resolutions received between 18 and 24 votes each.
Parliament Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk subsequently signed the law, which will now be sent to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for signature.
The blocking resolutions were initiated by lawmakers Anna Skorokhod, Iryna Herashchenko, Artur Herasymov, Nina Yuzhanina, Mariia Yunova, Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze and Sofiia Fedyna, most of whom represent the European Solidarity party.
The authors of the resolutions argued that money allocated to the state reserve fund could be spent by the government without clear targeting. They also raised concerns about funding for military personnel, saying there was insufficient financing for service members' pay.
Commenting on the resolutions, lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak of the Holos party said the government continues to fund the National Cashback program while gaps remain in financing higher military salaries and army reforms.
Stefanchuk argued that repealing the law could have delayed the arrival of European Union financial assistance, which in turn would have negatively affected the needs of Ukraine's Defense Forces, including maintaining a high tempo of strikes against Russian targets using medium- and long-range unmanned systems. It also could have forced the Defense Ministry to suspend contracts for certain types of weapons and military equipment because of a lack of budget allocations.
As reported, parliament approved the bill in its second reading and as a whole on June 10, with 242 lawmakers voting in favor.
The legislation provides for an increase of 1.56 trillion hryvnias ($37.5 billion) in security and defense spending, primarily financed through the European Union's Ukraine Support Loan (USL) mechanism.
Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko said that, following the amendments, security and defense spending will reach a record 4.4 trillion hryvnias. Of that amount, 2.3 trillion hryvnias will be allocated for the procurement of weapons and military equipment, while more than 1.45 trillion hryvnias will be used for military personnel compensation.
Total cash expenditures from the state budget's general fund in January 2026 amounted to 243.8 billion hryvnias, up 29.7 billion hryvnias, or 13.9%, from January 2025. Security and defense spending totaled 149.6 billion hryvnias, accounting for 61.4% of all general fund expenditures.
During January-April 2026, total cash expenditures from the general fund reached 1.35 trillion hryvnias, an increase of 163.6 billion hryvnias, or 13.8%, compared with the same period a year earlier. April expenditures alone amounted to 433.1 billion hryvnias.