In February 2025, Ukrainian pensioners can issue a monthly surcharge of 1000 hryvnias if they are lonely and need constant extraneous care for health reasons. This norm is regulated by the Law of Ukraine "

According to the legislation, the payment reaches 40% of the subsistence minimum to persons who have lost their ability to work, respectively, the amount of the surcharge is 944.4 hryvnias.

At the same time, the legislation defines certain criteria for those who can apply for a monthly payment. These are the following requirements:.

Those who receive a disability pension may not count on such an additional payment.

In order to issue such an additional payment, you need to write an appropriate application for the established model, and also provide the service with the necessary documents:.

However, the main part of the recruitment of documents for applying for payment is the conclusion of a medical advisory commission, which proves that a person needs constant supervision from unauthorized persons due to health reasons.

Earlier it also became known that you can retire earlier:

this can be done by " Focus found out on January 31 that you can conclude an agreement with the Pension Fund in order to “purchase” additional insurance experience. However, you need to know that contributions can be done not only for yourself, but also for another person.

At the same time, this year, Ukrainians expect a number of changes regarding the procedure for accruing pensions. So, from January 2025, Ukraine began to operate in Ukraine for retirement by age: in order to retire by age at the age of 60, you need to have 32 years of experience.