Minister of Social Policy Andrei Reva said that after the adoption of the bill on the recalculation of pensions for the military, the average monthly payment for them will grow by 77% to UAH 4,602. "After the adoption of the pension reform in 2017, the average pension across the country increased to UAH 2,448. And the average pension of the siloviki is 2 600 UAH. That is, they almost equalized. This is a wrong situation, the military should have a big pension, "the minister said.. According to the estimates of the Ministry of Social Policy, after the adoption of the draft law on pensions for the military, which is currently being finalized by a working group under the National Security and Defense Council, the average monthly payment should grow by no less than 77%. Earlier, Prime Minister Vladimir Groisman instructed the Ministry of Social Policy to ensure that the amount of payments for ATU participants who were on the front line and those who were in the rear was different. "The" military "military should have the highest pension. Those who were in the rear should receive a different amount of payments. Such justice you must provide in the draft law, "- said Groisman. In turn, the Ministry of Social Policy promised to provide such differentiation. At the same time, Reva confirmed that the military will receive additional payments to pensions, including in January and February, despite the fact that the parliament approved the bill not earlier than in February.

The military pensions will grow by two thousand hryvnia.