An issue of increasing pensions for military pensioners is highly sensitive and currently being considered at the level of the National Security and Defense Council. This was announced by Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman.

He stressed that the essential component of the initiative is the need to fairly differentiate the increase. "There are those in the system who have never seen a war and military actions. They mustn’t be placed on a par. I assure you", said Volodymyr Groysman. "But I want to highlight: if we adopt the law in February or March, we will recalculate the pensions for all the retirees from January."

The Prime Minister emphasized that the Government pays tribute to all those who protect the state and engages in work in two directions, that is to raise salaries for both active military personnel and retirees.

Background

The decision to improve pensions for military pensioners is the next step in implementing the pension reform in Ukraine. At the end of 2017, the Government drafted a framework law on this issue and submitted it to the National Security and Defense Council for further consideration, since any military issues in line with the current legislation must be agreed upon with this authority.