**A Freudian slip: instead of raising soldiers’ pay, MPs in the Rada proposed giving lawmakers a raise**

Ukrainian MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak misspoke during a debate on amendments to the state budget, mixing up servicemembers and elected officials.


> “Raising MPs’ salaries is the position of the entire parliament,” Zhelezniak said, prompting laughter throughout the Verkhovnaya Rada.


In the end, lawmakers approved a measure to raise soldiers’ pay—not their own.

_Nice try._

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