On June 25, the government allocated 3 million rubles to help priests who moved to Volyn, Kholmshchyna, Grodno, Podillya, and Polissya, which were annexed to the Ukrainian state. On July 2, 120,000 rubles were allocated for the maintenance of the Orthodox clergy in the lands of Kholmshchyna, Podlachia and Polissya.[9]