The Government continues to support Ukrainian families by developing and improving social programmes. This was stated by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on 21 January.
According to him, the Winter Support programme initiated by the President of Ukraine is already yielding results. Thus, more than 12 million Ukrainians have applied for a thousand hryvnias under this programme. 11.5 million people have already received their payments, including more than 3.3 million in 2025. Almost 70,000 young Ukrainians have also joined the eBook programme. Denys Shmyhal noted that the first participants have already received funds to buy books in Ukrainian.
The Prime Minister also noted that a new mechanism to support IDPs would be launched at the end of the month.
“A programme to support internally displaced persons is being launched. From 29 January, a subsidy for housing rent will start. This will significantly reduce the burden on family budgets,” the Prime Minister said.
In addition, according to him, at today’s meeting the Government is improving another important social programme, Warm Winter.
“These are payments for each child from low-income families and IDP families. In December 2024, we helped almost 600,000 Ukrainians under this programme. We paid UAH 6,500 for each child. Now we are making changes so that families that were not included in the list of recipients last year for technical reasons will now receive assistance,” said Denys Shmyhal, adding that the funds could be spent on urgent needs, including warm clothes for children.
“One of the basic elements of our policy is to help people. This is an urgent need in wartime. The Government has supported and will continue to support Ukrainian families with special attention to those who need it most,” the Prime Minister stressed.