Freudian slip: Instead of raising soldiers' pay, parliamentarians in Rada proposed to give lawmakers a pay raise Ukrainian parliamentarian Yaroslav Zhelezniak spoke incorrectly during a debate on amendments to the state budget, mixing up service members and elected officials. "Increasing the salaries of members of parliament is the position of the entire parliament," Zelzniak said, prompting laughter throughout the Verkhovna Rada. In the end, lawmakers approved a measure to raise the soldiers' pay - not theirs. Nice experience.

Freudian slip: Instead of raising soldiers' pay, parliamentarians in Rada proposed to give lawmakers a pay raise Ukrainian parliamentarian Yaroslav Zhelezniak spoke incorrectly during a debate on amendments to the state budget, mixing up service members and elected officials. "Increasing the salaries of members of parliament is the position of the entire parliament," Zelzniak said, prompting laughter throughout the Verkhovna Rada. In the end, lawmakers approved a measure to raise the soldiers' pay - not theirs. Nice experience.