18 June 2025
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In total, the "strategic reserve" for the commanders of the Khortytsia and Tavria military groups with the participation of the rear regions received UAH 353.7 million. Odesa region is the fourth largest in terms of the amount of aid provided.
According to the Odesa Regional Military Administration, Odesa region is actively involved in the formation of a strategic reserve of munitions for combat units holding defense on the contact line.
"UAH 35 million has already been allocated for the purchase of UAVs, electronic warfare, communications and emergency power supply. In the near future, it is planned to allocate another 15 million," the UMA added.
The "strategic reserve" is an opportunity to promptly reinforce combat brigades with the necessary means of destruction and support at any time in case of complications in certain areas of the front.
The "strategic reserve" is formed at the expense of local budgets of the rear regions, which are used to purchase UAVs, electronic warfare, communications and office equipment in accordance with requests from the commanders of the military groups in cooperation with the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration.
The Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytsky, Odesa, Lviv, Volyn, Poltava, Ivano-Frankivsk, Cherkasy, Zakarpattia, Vinnytsia, Rivne, Ternopil, and Chernivtsi regional military administrations took an active part in the formation of the "strategic reserve."
These funds were used to purchase
Recently, experts from the Top Lead agency have released data on how much money the regions have spent on the purchase of drones for the Armed Forces of Ukraine since the beginning of 2025. It turned out that Odesa region is on the list of outsiders in the purchase of drones - it shared the fourth position with Kirovohrad region, which also spent 2.9 million on the purchase of drones.
<span>Mykolaiv region is the last in Ukraine - in the first quarter of 2025, it signed contracts for the purchase of drones for only UAH 1 million. For comparison, the neighboring Kherson region spent UAH 35.2 million, and Zaporizhzhia, which is the leader in purchasing drones for the Armed Forces, spent UAH 471.6 million. </span>
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