Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko is categorically against the return of payments to the military in the amount of UAH 30,000 in the form in which they acted before, and for which the Verkhovna Rada voted. He stated this in an interview with Forbes.. ua.

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At the same time, according to him, no one likes the new law at all..

" After all, not every one of the millionth army is on the front lines, as many people think,"

But, according to the minister, " And this requires political agreements..

" When there was a meeting with parliamentary factions, I saw that there is mainly a will for this,"

According to Marchenko, a working group has already been set up at the parliamentary level, which is developing a variant of how this issue can be fairly and effectively resolved..

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According to him, the task is to find a solution that "

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Recall, on the eve of Marchenko said that in order to return additional payments to the military, it is necessary to increase taxes.. The Minister is categorically against the return of UAH 30,000 payments to the military in the form in which the Verkhovna Rada voted for it.

February 2023. Ukraine has changed the procedure for calculating monetary allowances for military personnel. The changes affected precisely the payment of additional monetary remuneration to the military personnel of the Defense Forces of Ukraine and employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Surcharges of 30 thousand. hryvnia was deprived of the military who serve in military units and subdivisions outside the areas of combat operations (in training centers, rear bases, etc.). ), conscripts, cadets, officers of departments and headquarters.

Now this remuneration is paid only for the period of performance of combat special tasks..

On April 10, the Verkhovna Rada adopted the law No. 8312 as a whole, thereby returning 30,000 additional payments to the military.

More than 250 deputies voted for the amendment to the law.

It was indicated that the surcharges were returned not only to the military, but also to the police and employees of the State Emergency Service. Payments will be valid until the end of martial law.

But the very next day, April 11, a draft resolution 8312-P was submitted to the Verkhovna Rada, temporarily blocking the return of payments to the military in the rear in the amount of UAH 30,000.