Some pensioners owe UAH 43 billion: who will be left without additional payments in the near future

Despite the fact that the state plans to increase spending on pension payments this year, some Ukrainian pensioners have a debt of UAH 43 billion.

We are talking about additional payments to pensioners living in the territory that was part of the pollution zone due to the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

Oksana Zholnovich, Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine, spoke about this on the air of Ukrainian Radio.

The official noted that these are debts for additional payments to pensioners living in territories that were once infected as a result of the Chernobyl disaster.

“This is a huge amount, comparable to the annual allowance for all internally displaced persons in Ukraine”– said the official.

According to her, the state cannot make such additional payments, so it is necessary to review, summarize and highlight more priority areas of support.

“You need to understand that large surcharges or rather large surcharges today Ukraine does not have the opportunity to carry out, taking into account both the military and the economic situation”Zholnovich emphasized.

That is, these categories of pensioners will remain without additional payments for the time being.

Recall that one of the state-owned banks began to pay pensioners 20 thousand hryvnia before retirement.