By Ben Aris in Berlin Ukraine’s budget is short of UAH500bn ($12bn) this year to finance its planned expenditures and it is not clear how the shortfall will be covered, other than by raising taxes and printing money. Tax revenues in general have increased as the economy stabilises, according to the head of the Budget Committee, Roksolana Pidlas; the 2024 state budget lacks about UAH400-500bn ($10bn-$12bn), UBN reports. The 2024 budget calls for $43bn of spending, but international donors have only committed to $38bn, and in the first half have already sent Kyiv $16bn in assistance, of which an…