
Pavlo Rozenko: Military retirees will receive increased pensions already in March
The recalculation of
superannuation for military pensioners will be introduced from January 1, 2018, however people are to
receive higher payments already in March. This
was announced by Vice Prime
Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Rozenko
on the air
of Ukrainian radio.
He stressed the
necessity of adoption of the
said Government decision by the
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine through
the introduction of appropriate amendments to the
legislation in order to ensure
introduction of recalculation and modernization of pensions regardless of political circumstances
in accordance with the law.
"I hope the
Parliament will shortly regulate the issue of
military pensions at the legislative
level, but until this issue
is resolved, the decree of
the Cabinet of Ministers of
Ukraine will remain in force
and the military
will already receive increased retirement payments," the Vice Prime
Minister added.