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Over UAH 21.3 Billion Transferred for Needs of Defense, Over UAH 79 Million Remitted to Special Account Last Week

Over UAH 21.3 Billion Transferred for Needs of Defense, Over UAH 79 Million Remitted to Special Account Last Week

This is the NBU’s update on the balances in the special account for those wishing to support the defense forces and the Ministry of Social Policy’s account designated for humanitarian needs.

Special account for the needs of defense

As of 31 October 2022, the balance on the special fundraising account the NBU opened to support the defense forces makes over UAH 442 million. Over UAH 79 million was remitted to the special account last week; оver UAH 546 million – last month.

The NBU has already allocated over UAH 21.3 billion to meet the needs of the defense, in particular:

  • a total of UAH 950 million for the National Guard of Ukraine (UAH 450 million on 26 February 2022, UAH 500 million on 6 March 2022)  
  • a total of UAH 1,650 million for the National Police of Ukraine (UAH 150 million on 28 February 2022, UAH 700 million on 3 March 2022, UAH 800 million on 6 March 2022)
  • a total of over UAH 14,401 million for the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (UAH 182.3 million on 28 February 2022; UAH 843 million on 1 March 2022; UAH 1999.3 million on 2 March 2022; UAH 920 million on 4 March 2022; UAH 341.2 million on 5 March 2022, UAH 1,843 million on 7 March 2022; UAH 597.9 million on 8 March 2022; UAH 444,5 million on 9 March 2022; UAH 926.2 million on 11 March 2022; UAH 122.7 million on 15 March 2022; UAH 182 million on 16 March 2022, UAH 191.7 million on 17 March 2022; UAH 91 million on 18 March 2022; UAH 330 million on 21 March 2022; UAH 20 million on 20 March 2022; UAH 337 million on 24 March 2022; UAH 235.2 million on 28 March 2022; UAH 503 million on 30 March 2022; UAH 655 million on 1 April 2022; UAH 305.7 million on 6 April 2022; UAH 122.9 million on 8 April 2022, UAH 176.3 million on 12 April 2022; UAH 247.7 million on 18 April 2022; UAH 182.8 million dated 21 April 2022; UAH 221.8 million on 28 April 2022; UAH 194.6 million on 5 May 2022; UAH 742.7 million on on 12 May 2022; UAH 151 million on 19 May 2022; UAH 168 million on 24 May 2022; UAH 72 million on 15 June 2022; UAH 50.4 million on 8 July 2022, UAH 1 billion on 1 August 2022)
  • a total of UAH 980.2 million for the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (UAH 420 million on 3 March 2022, UAH 300 million on 11 March 2022, UAH 106.2 million on 12 March 2022, UAH 154 million on 14 March 2022)
  • a total of UAH 2.7 billion for the State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection of Ukraine  (UAH 252 million on 1 June 2022; UAH  85.5 million on 15 June 2022; UAH 24.3 million on 21 June 2022; UAH 329.1 million on 4 July 2022; UAH 49 million on 8 July 2022; UAH 34.4 million on 19 July 2022; UAH 137.9 million on 25 July 2022; UAH 675.8 million on 10 August 2022; UAH 650.9 million on 5 September 2022; UAH 541.6 million on 19 September 2022; UAH 521.1 million on 28 October 2022)
  • a total of UAH 18.3 million for the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (UAH  18.3 million on 8 July 2022).
  • a total of UAH 40.5 million for the NSDC of Ukraine (UAH  40.5 million on 19 October 2022).

The total inflow to the special account since it was opened has been an equivalent of over UAH 21.7 billion. That includes the equivalent of more than UAH 7.4 billion that has been remitted from abroad in foreign currencies (U.S. dollars, euros, GB pounds, Canadian dollars, Chinese renminbi, Japanese yen, Swiss francs, Polish zlotys, Australian dollars).

Money has been coming in from people and businesses in Ukraine and from all over the international community (including the U.S., the UK, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Switzerland, Norway, Australia, France, Canada, Bulgaria, Hong Kong, and many other countries).

It is worth noting that donations for the defense needs can be made by either bank transfer or by card.https://bank.gov.ua/en/about/support-the-armed-forces

Special account for humanitarian needs

As of 31 October 2022, the balance on the special account  of the Ministry of Social Policy  the NBU opened for humanitarian aid is nearly UAH 167 million. Over UAH 14.1 million was remitted to the account and over UAH 5.3 million was transferred from it for humanitarian aid last week. 

Besides, the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine, which is both the recipient and administrator of the funds credited to this account, has already transferred almost UAH 680 million for humanitarian aid to the victims of russia’s armed aggression.

About half of the amount donated has come into this account from outside Ukraine in foreign currencies (U.S. dollars, euros, GB pounds).

Please be reminded that to donate funds to help the victims of this war, you can use the payment details or a template for the card payment available here: https://bank.gov.ua/en/about/humanitarian-aid-to-ukraine  

For reference

The NBU is switching to a new format of publishing regular statements of the special account: from now on, the data will be posted daily on the NBU’s official website (the press release will be prepared monthly).

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