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Amid war, Ukrainian parliament approves 2023 state budget

Ukrainian lawmakers attend a session of parliament in Kyiv, Ukraine February 23, 2022. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi/File Photo

Ukraine's parliament approved the 2023 draft budget with a "record deficit" of $38 billion, a senior parliamentarian said on Thursday, describing it as a "budget for victory" against Russia.

Yaroslav Zheleznyak, the first deputy chairman of parliament's finance, tax and customs policy committee, said on the Telegram messaging app that 295 lawmakers had voted for the budget and none had opposed it.

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