The approach to pension payments in Ukraine will change in 2025. Therefore, some pensioners may lose payments. Focus writes about this in the article “Pensions 2025: when and how much payments can increase”.

According to the adopted state budget for 2025, UAH 420.9 billion is provided for the social protection of citizens, which covers support for pensioners (in particular, the indexation of pensions from March 1, 2025), low-income families and persons with disabilities. Of these, transfers to the Pension Fund will amount to UAH 236.9 billion, payments of benefits and subsidies - UAH 42.3 billion.

At the same time, in some cases the pension may be taken away. According to Art.. 41 of the draft budget for 2025, the government proposes to withdraw money from the bank accounts of IDP pensioners if these accounts have not been used during the year, or if the IDP pensioner has not been identified. Therefore, Oschadbank can transfer the balances in the pension accounts of internally displaced persons opened with this bank back to the Pension Fund.

This applies to accounts of displaced pensioners registered before February 24, 2022, if:.

According to the government decree, pension accounts for such internally displaced persons were opened only in Oschadbank, therefore there are no corresponding unused balances in other banks. At the same time, withdrawal of funds from accounts will not occur if these accounts are subject to arrest or other encumbrance..

However, if, after withdrawing funds from pension accounts, the immigrant decides to apply to the Pension Fund or Oschadbank, then the state will resume paying the pension to such person.

Let us remind you that the mayor of Kherson Roman Mrochko spoke about assistance in the amount of 3-5 thousand hryvnia available to Ukrainians. You can get it as part of the Social Protection program..

The Pension Fund explained what is changing for older Ukrainians who plan to retire in 2025.