Some Ukrainians may be left without pension payments next year.
The Cabinet of Ministers plans to optimize the use of budget funds. These measures may also affect pension payments.
This is reported by the specialized publication “Na Pensii”.
As noted, Article 41 of the draft state budget of Ukraine for 2025, which the government submitted for consideration to the Verkhovna Rada, proposes to stop the payment of pensions to two categories of recipients.
Pensions may be “frozen” for people:
- who received the status of internally displaced persons before February 24, 2022, if there was no movement of funds in their bank accounts over the past 12 months
- who received the status of IDPs before February 24, 2022, if pensioners did not undergo mandatory identification in a timely manner
If the Ukrainian parliament approves this bill, payments will no longer be accrued to the specified categories of pensioners. To resume payments, you will need to submit a corresponding application to the regional office of the Pension Fund.
Recall that pensions of Ukrainians are increasing due to recalculations and indexations.