Through September, Ukraine’s budget deficit is $2.9 billion – four times greater that it was for the first nine months of last year

Through September, Ukraine’s budget deficit is $2.9 billion – four times greater that it was for the first nine months of last year, according to the State Treasure Service. About 80% of the deficit stems from the creation last April of a special fund to fight Covid. About half of this money ended up being spent on road construction.