In a market economy, the state cannot set prices for food, but it increases the minimum wage so that citizens' incomes grow, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said during a conversation with media representatives in the Ternopil region.

Answering journalists' questions, the Head of State noted that some experts say that increasing the minimum wage is a big mistake, the press service of the OP.

“But ordinary people who live in Ukraine and who are mostly taxpayers, they are happy. As for the minimum wage, five thousand is nothing.. We have increased as much as we can since September 1.

From January 1, it will be six thousand, and from July 1 or August - six and a half thousand hryvnia, "

Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted that citizens will feel an increase in the level of the minimum wage, since official salaries of state employees are indexed from it.

The head of state also stressed that many factors affect food prices, including weather conditions, crop volume, balance of exports and imports, exchange rates, etc..

“As for reducing prices, we have a market economy. The state cannot “break” prices and enterprises, ”Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.