Ukraine now spends as much as six percent of its estimated gross domestic product on defense and security, partly thanks to an asset forfeiture law that allowed the state to recover public money stolen during the rule of Viktor Yanukovych, President Petro Poroshenko claimed on May 20.

During a working trip to Khmelnytsky Oblast, Poroshenko added that the confiscated assets were spent to ensure decent material and financial support for the army, as well as on new civilian infrastructure projects.