The Government has extended the reservation of employees until March 31. This was announced by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal during a session of the Cabinet of Ministers on February 25.

“Thus, enterprises will have time to confirm their critical status in accordance with the updated criteria, as well as to reserve their staff. Due to the russian large-scale cyberattack on our registers, certain time was lost, and we are giving an opportunity to catch up with it,” the Prime Minister noted.

In addition, as Denys Shmyhal reported, the Government has made a decision on pension indexations from March 1.

"This is the third indexation during a full-scale war, and this is one of our tools to support the least protected citizens," the Prime Minister emphasized, adding that next month pensions for more than 10 million citizens would increase by 11.5%.

The minimum pension increase will be at least UAH 100, and for a fair distribution of financial resources, the maximum indexation amount is up to UAH 1,500.

Also, as Denys Shmyhal told, today at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers a decision was made to regulate the issue of discounts in pharmacies for drugs for patients with chronic diseases as well as individual programs for access to medicines.

"From March 1, new rules for regulating the pharmaceutical market will come into force in Ukraine, which, in particular, limit marketing payments to pharmacies. However, in Ukraine, there is a practice where many patient support programs work precisely through marketing payment mechanisms. Therefore, after a dialogue with drug manufacturers, we are adjusting Government decisions in such a way as to preserve these patient support programs," the Prime Minister explained.