In March, arrears increased by 3.7 percent compared to February. In Ukraine, the arrears in payment wages as of April 1 amounted to 2.07 billion hryvnia, according to Gosstat. Thus, in March the arrears increased by 3.7 percent compared to February. It is noted that the bulk of the debt fell on industry (75.

7 percent), professional, scientific and technical activities (8.3 percent). At the same time, half of the debt in Donetsk (27.7 percent) and Luhansk (17.1 percent) regions. Meanwhile, the average salary in Ukraine has increased. However, recently Gosstat published the index of real wages in Ukraine, where it is said that the savings of Ukrainians in 2016 decreased by 18.4 billion hryvnia, although the nominal income of the population grew.

Original article: Debts on wages exceeded two billion.