The Ministry of Economy conducted an audit of payments under the program " The unfortunate misunderstanding was announced by the head of the Ministry of Finance Sergei Marchenko in an interview.

According to him, after analyzing the data from March 7 to March 31, it turned out that 25 thousand. 524 people left an application for 6.5 thousand. , although, being employees of budgetary institutions, they were not entitled to receive such payments. It is reported that they erroneously paid assistance for UAH 166 million, and now measures are being taken to return the funds.

According to Marchenko, 12 million hryvnias were returned to the non-budgetary account of the Ministry of Economy, of which almost 9 million were returned to individuals after the measures taken, and another 3 million hryvnias were returned to banks as unused aid..

It should be noted that since the beginning of March, Ukrainians living in the regions affected by Russian aggression began to receive assistance under the “Yepidtrymka” program.. In general, UAH 30.9 billion were transferred to help.

Ukraine also launched the “єDopomoga” platform, through which different categories of Ukrainians, including pensioners, can apply for financial assistance from both the state and international organizations.