{
  "id": 10905873,
  "title": "Lawmaker links Ukraine’s $27 billion defense shortfall to underfunding",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/lawmaker-links-ukraines-27-billion-defense-shortfall-to-underfunding",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Voice of Ukraine",
    "slug": "new-voice-of-ukraine",
    "url": "https://english.nv.ua/business/ukraine-s-27-billion-defense-budget-gap-stems-largely-from-underfunding-lawmaker-says-50645889.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Ukrainian lawmaker Serhiy Rakhmanin, a member of parliament’s National Security, Defense and Intelligence Committee, told Radio NV that Ukraine’s $27 billion defense budget gap stems more from underfunding than from debt.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Ukraine's war costs for 2026 hit US$155 billion, PM says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/ukraines-war-costs-for-2026-hit-us-155-billion-pm-says",
        "published": "2026-09-30T09:00:17.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}