Denis Ulyutin, Ukraine’s Minister of Social Policy, Family, and Unity, announced that Ukraine has begun disbursing 1,500 UAH in financial assistance to pensioners and vulnerable groups.
“Starting today, we are beginning payments of 1,500 UAH. The payment will be made as a one-time payment during April,” Ulyutin said during a national telethon on Tuesday.
The minister explained that as early as Monday, funds for this support were redirected to 540,000 pensioners who receive payments through “Ukrposhta.”
According to him, the funds will be transferred to card accounts as early as this week, and through Ukrposhta branches, the assistance will arrive along with the pension on the designated day.
Ulyutin also noted that these funds are not earmarked and can be used for any purpose without restrictions.
As reported, on March 18, the Cabinet of Ministers approved a program for a one-time payment of 1,500 UAH in April for pensioners and vulnerable groups.
It is noted that among the recipients of the supplement are: old-age pensioners, disability pensioners, recipients of survivor’s pensions, and pensioners for length of service who are eligible for an old-age pension (the pension amount must not exceed 25,595 hryvnias; however, for war veterans who have participated in the defense of Ukraine since 2014, and for individuals among the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident liquidators, 1,500 UAH will be provided regardless of the amount of the pension received); recipients of state assistance/compensation (including those established for each recipient of assistance/compensation): for housing among IDPs; as a low-income family; basic social assistance; as persons not entitled to a pension who became eligible for assistance after turning 65, as persons not entitled to a pension among those with disabilities, and dependents of a deceased breadwinner who did not receive pension benefits; living with a person with a Group I or II disability due to a mental disorder; persons with disabilities since childhood and children with disabilities; for children raised in large families; single mothers; children under guardianship or custody; children with severe perinatal damage to the nervous system; children whose parents evade child support payments; orphans and children deprived of parental care, including those with disabilities, who are in family-type children’s homes and foster families.
