What did Ukraine's parliament change in its 2020 budget?
A look back at budget amendments tied to the COVID-19 response, and a missile test reported two days earlier.
What was on the political agenda as of 17 April 2020? Two reports from the preceding days framed it.
On 13 April 2020, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted amendments to the 2020 state budget. They were required to fight the coronavirus disease COVID-19 and provided for the budget deficit to rise threefold.
Two days later, on 15 April 2020, United States Space Command stated that Russia had conducted a direct-ascent anti-satellite missile test.
The budget amendments tied public finances directly to the pandemic response, while the Space Command statement concerned a separate matter of international security.
