The deputies of the Verkhovna Rada adopted in the second reading and in general bill No. 8032, which provides for the provision of such pensions to fighters for the independence of Ukraine who were imprisoned for their beliefs. " Deputy Volodymyr Viatrovych announced this on Facebook..

He noted that the former political prisoners of the USSR will receive an increase in pensions in the amount of 4. 200 hryvnia per month with subsequent indexation.

" I have always said that where the dead are remembered, there will be those who protect the living..

But, finally, we also remember the living,"

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In addition, references to Soviet awards and titles have been removed from the law “On Pensions for Special Merits to Ukraine”, and being in high government positions will no longer be the basis for awarding pensions for special merits.

It should be noted, according to the UN, in the first year of the war in Ukraine, about a third of the civilians killed were people over 60 years old..