Pension rules, which have changed in Ukraine since September 2, allow Ukrainians not to take into account the amount of salary for a total of 5 years when calculating a pension, but take into account the length of service received during this period. This follows from law 2506-IX, which has already been officially published and entered into force..

The law makes it possible, at the choice of a person who applied for a pension, to exclude from the insurance period a salary in total up to 60 calendar months if they fall under martial law and within three calendar months after its termination or cancellation. Provided that the specified periods in total amount to no more than 10 percent of the duration of the insurance period.

This law came into force on the day following the day of its publication (" 09. 2022 - No. 180), and applies from February 24, 2022.

Such rules are only a choice of man.

Because, for example, Ukrainians who defend the country as part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine receive increased salaries during martial law.. Therefore, accounting for income during martial law will allow them to receive a higher pension in the future..

Prior to this, pensions in Ukraine were calculated according to the formula: the ratio of own salary to the average, multiplied by the length of service in years, 1% and the average salary in the country for three years. Thus, according to the law, the lower your own salary, the less your pension will be..