The budget of the Ukrainian army is considerably inferior in size to the military expenditures of Russia, therefore, the Supreme Armed Forces should as soon as possible proceed to NATO standards, so that eventually Kiev could become a member of the Alliance.

This was broadcast on ObozTV by former deputy head of the National Bank of Ukraine, rector of the International Business Institute, economist Alexander Savchenko.

"Let's compare the budget of Russia and Ukraine. The Russian budget for aggressive policy is $ 65 billion. The budget of Ukraine is 10 times smaller. This means that with real military clashes we will lose, "he said..

According to Savchenko, only the US position remains an obstacle to Moscow's more aggressive actions.

"But what saves us is that if we compare the military budget of Russia to the US budget, there is 670 billion dollars, which is also 10 times more," he added..

At the same time, the economist stressed that according to the size of the military budget, Ukraine will not be able to compete with Russia alone.

"Our best policy is to implement NATO standards and apply more quickly to join the bloc. Then our $ 5 billion will join the billions of US and hundreds of billions of EU countries. Then Russia will be against us, "Savchenko summed up..