Payments to the military in Ukraine: will the captured defenders be paid?

For the duration of a full-scale war, Ukrainian servicemen who protect our country from Russian invasion receive additional surcharges ranging from 30,000 to 100,000 hryvnias. Those fighters who were captured by Russian terrorists can also count on a reward for protecting Ukraine.

This was announced by Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov in a video message.

According to him, if a soldier is in captivity, then members of his family can receive payments for military service. We are talking about both a fixed monthly allowance and additional rewards for completing tasks, which are also calculated monthly.

“It is necessary not only to make sure that our warrior is captured, for example, to see him on video. This fact should be recorded in a certain order. So that in the future everything will work like clockwork”he explained.

As Aleksey Reznikov noted, the money will be issued after receiving an order on the serviceman’s official position.

To find out all the details, Ukrainians are offered to call these numbers of the Ministry of Defense: (044) 271-35-59 (Mon-Fri from 9.00 to 16.00with 12.00 to 13.00 – lunch break).

Special pensions for the defense

Terodefense participants in Ukraine will receive the status of a war veteran and will be able to claim special pensions.

Men will be allowed to retire at 55 if they have 25 years of service, women at 50 if they have 20 years of service.

In addition, defenders will be able to count on certain allowances:

• 25% of the minimum pension for combatants;
• from 30% to 60% of the minimum pension – for those who received a disability.

Segodnya has already talked about how Ukraine can change the size of the military levy, and wrote about what determines the amount of payment to military personnel.