Ukrainian pensioners who have the status of internally displaced persons may be left without payments if they do not submit the necessary application to the Pension Fund of Ukraine on time. This was reported by Serhiy Korobkin, an expert of the information portal “Na pensiyi”. He emphasized that the requirement applies to all displaced persons, regardless of when they received the status of IDP, writes IZ with reference to the material of Glavred.
According to the Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 299, pensions are not transferred to citizens living in temporarily occupied territories. However, payments may continue if the person has left there, does not receive a Russian pension and confirms this by submitting an appropriate application to the Pension Fund. In case of failure to meet this condition, the Pension Fund has the right to stop payments.
” The pension may be terminated if no expenditure transactions have been made on the pensioner's account for six months and no physical identification of the person has been carried out ,” Korobkin explained. Thus, even those who do not receive payments from other sources must undergo identification and confirm their right to a pension.
The expert notes that previously, the requirement to undergo identification applied only to those displaced persons who received the appropriate status before February 24, 2022. From now on, it applies to all persons who have IDP status — regardless of the date of registration.
The Pension Fund must review all IDP cases by December 31, 2025. If there is no statement in the case confirming that the person does not receive pension payments from the aggressor state, payments may be suspended. Such a review will cover both those who live in territories not controlled by Ukraine and those who have already left there.
Recall that we previously wrote that Ukraine is launching preferential housing loans for displaced persons.