The state has already owed 43 billion hryvnias to pensioners living in the contaminated area in the Chernobyl zone, and this debt has been growing for the fifth year in a row. This was announced on the air of the Ukrainian radio by the Minister of Social Policy Oksana Zholnovich.

We are talking about money that must be paid in accordance with the law " In particular, pensioners are entitled to monthly additional payments to the basic pension in the amount of one, two or three minimum wages..

At one time, the operation of Article 39 of this law, which provides for additional payments for residents of the polluted territory, was suspended. However, in July 2018, the Constitutional Court unblocked it, and since then the government has to pay the residents of the Chernobyl zone what belongs to them..

But while the state has no money. Therefore, the debt that was formed five years ago is now continuing to grow.. However, now the state has no way to repay people's debt. Indeed, since last year, another category of budget dependents has emerged in Ukraine - internally displaced persons.. And today, 43 billion debt, which was formed due to unpaid "

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So, we are not talking about the return of debt payments.. However, this is not the only bad news for pensioners living in the contaminated area.. Obviously, they do not intend to return this money to them even after the war..

Oksana Zholnovich believes that such payments were generally appointed unreasonably at the time.

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The head of the Ministry of Social Policy also noted that all estimated pensions accrued to residents of the contaminated zone in accordance with their insurance record and earnings are paid by the state every month, as well as to other Ukrainian pensioners.. As for these surcharges, the question is now not the time and will need to be revised in the future..