He said they could either hand over the money from their budgets or accept a cut in Barnett’s funding from their Westminster block subsidies.
The request was very unusual, as foreign aid and defense spending were reserved for Westminster.
However, SNP ministers in Edinburgh have previously voluntarily spent money in other reserved areas, such as international development, by sending aid to other countries, including Ukraine.
They have provided £ 4 million to provide basic humanitarian aid in health, water and sanitation and shelter for those fleeing a war-torn country.
The Scottish government has said its £ 65m will be used to fund “sophisticated air defense systems and thousands of pieces of vital kits for Ukrainian troops”.
“Funding for these areas must be provided by the UK Government”
Ms Forbes said: “This additional funding is to help the Ukrainian armed forces fight Russian aggression and the indescribable brutality that is taking place.
“We have agreed to provide funding on this occasion, given the clear need to maximize international efforts to support Ukraine. However, we are clear that this should not be seen as any precedent leading to the use of transferred budgets to support the payment of clearly reserved policy areas.
Ms Evans said it was “right for the United Kingdom to continue to provide much-needed military support and we will continue to provide humanitarian support to the many people from Ukraine who come to Wales every day.”
But she added: “What is not right is to use money that should be for investments in decentralized areas, such as health and education, to finance a non-decentralized spending area – military aid and defense.
“We accepted this result because of our ongoing commitment to supporting the Ukrainian people and avoiding future budget uncertainty, but funding for these areas must rightly be borne by the UK government.
Jeremy Miles, Wales’ education minister, told BBC Radio Wales that the ministers “were told by the UK Treasury that the budget would be cut” and “there was no consultation”.
David TS Davis, a minister in the Welsh office, said: “At the end of the day, the parliamentary government will do nothing to undermine the transfer of power.”
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