Zelenskyy signs decree to implement NSDC decision on developing state weapons, military equipment program

16:14, 20.09.2025 1 min read

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has enacted by decree an NSDC decision on security and defense spending in the 2026 state budget. Decree No. 692/2025 was published on the president’s official website Friday.

The NSDC decision, put into force by the decree, provides for:

the possibility of adjusting 2026 spending on national security and defense depending on the military-political situation;

measures to ensure timely and full funding in 2026 for security and defense agencies to cover service pay for military personnel, enlisted and officer ranks, and police officers;

continuation in 2026 of efforts to attract additional sources of military-technical assistance for Ukraine; priority funding in 2026 for the security and defense sector’s key activities;

development and approval by March 1, 2026, of a State Target Defense Program for the Development of Weapons and Military Equipment through 2031.

The decree took effect upon signing.