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'I don't have the funds': Zelenskyy considering 'shrinking this government'

'I don't have the funds': Zelenskyy considering 'shrinking this government' Photo: President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Vitalii Nosach, RBC-Ukraine)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed his desire to reduce the composition of the country's government and highlighted a shortage of funds for its maintenance at a press conference on December 19 in Kyiv.

"I want to shrink this government; I don't have the funds to maintain it," stated the head of state.

Zelenskyy also emphasized the need to allocate funds for a mobilization campaign and specified that he has been "asked for 500 billion" for this purpose.

"But I can't completely dismiss everyone - someone has to work," he emphasized.

For more details on how President Zelenskyy previously came close to dissolving the Parliament and whether elections will take place during the war, read the article on RBC-Ukraine.