Despite the war, Ukraine continues to fulfill its social obligations to citizens. So, from the state budget for January-March 2023, UAH 117.3 billion was allocated for social payments, of which UAH 40.7 billion - in March. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Finance..

Deputy Finance Minister Roman Ermolichev noted that during martial law, people should feel the support of the state.

“We continue to fulfill state guarantees and provide social protection for our citizens. We are talking about the payment of pensions, additional payments, allowances and benefits,” he said..

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Thus, the funds were sent:.

UAH 68 billion - for financial support of the payment of pensions, allowances and increases to pensions assigned under pension programs, and the deficit of the Pension Fund, of which in March - UAH 22.7 billion;

UAH 25.8 billion - for the social protection of citizens who find themselves in difficult life circumstances, of which in March - UAH 9 billion;

UAH 17.2 billion - to support low-income families and provide benefits and housing subsidies to citizens, of which in March - UAH 6.6 billion;

UAH 6 billion - for social protection of children and families, of which in March - UAH 2.1 billion;

UAH 0.3 billion - for social protection of persons with disabilities, of which in March - UAH 0.3 billion.

Earlier we wrote that in recent years the number of pensioners in Ukraine has significantly decreased. The expert explained that the main reason is high mortality.