Key Takeaways
- • Targeted state assistance to the pension for families who lost a breadwinner, as reported by sud.ua, reaches up to UAH 12,810 for a single pension recipient under rules effective from March 1, 2026.
- • For two or more family members (excluding disabled parents, wife or husband), the minimum is UAH 10,020 per family member under the same schedule.
- • Eligibility is limited to family members of servicemen who died, went missing, or died from wounds or illness sustained while directly participating in defense or anti-terrorist activities, and requires a family member certificate.
- • The assistance is calculated as the difference between the assigned pension and the threshold, with allowances, increases, indexation and targeted cash assistance counted, but pensions for special merits excluded.
Summary
According to sud.ua, targeted assistance to the pension in case of loss of a breadwinner is paid to family members of deceased or fallen Defenders of Ukraine when their pension does not reach the established minimum. The legal basis cited is paragraph 1 of Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Resolution No. 674 of August 3, 2020, "On additional social protection of certain categories of persons," which applies to pensions assigned under the Law of Ukraine "On pension provision for persons released from military service and some other persons." The Main Pension Fund Department in Mykolaiv region is quoted on the procedure.
The threshold has risen over time. Since August 1, 2020, the minimum was UAH 7,800 for a single recipient, with a UAH 6,100 per-person floor for multiple family members. From March 1, 2026, the single-recipient level is UAH 12,810, and the per-person level for two or more family members, excluding disabled parents, wife or husband, is UAH 10,020. Supplemental reporting on the government's pension increase notes the same figures, with the per-person amount indexed over time.
Eligibility extends to family members of persons who directly took part in the anti-terrorist operation, national security and defense activities in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, or activities necessary for Ukraine's defense against Russia's military aggression, or who ensured these activities while in the relevant areas. The person must have died, gone missing, or died from wounds, injuries, concussions or illnesses received during such participation; death connected to defense of the Motherland is also a basis. Applicants must present a certificate of the family member of the deceased or fallen Defender, indicating the relevant paragraph of Article 10-1 of the Law of Ukraine "On the status of war veterans, guarantees of their social protection."
The original article could not be fully retrieved, so the detailed payment examples in the headline (who receives additional payments and how much) are not independently verified beyond the rules described above.
The threshold has risen over time. Since August 1, 2020, the minimum was UAH 7,800 for a single recipient, with a UAH 6,100 per-person floor for multiple family members. From March 1, 2026, the single-recipient level is UAH 12,810, and the per-person level for two or more family members, excluding disabled parents, wife or husband, is UAH 10,020. Supplemental reporting on the government's pension increase notes the same figures, with the per-person amount indexed over time.
Eligibility extends to family members of persons who directly took part in the anti-terrorist operation, national security and defense activities in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, or activities necessary for Ukraine's defense against Russia's military aggression, or who ensured these activities while in the relevant areas. The person must have died, gone missing, or died from wounds, injuries, concussions or illnesses received during such participation; death connected to defense of the Motherland is also a basis. Applicants must present a certificate of the family member of the deceased or fallen Defender, indicating the relevant paragraph of Article 10-1 of the Law of Ukraine "On the status of war veterans, guarantees of their social protection."
The original article could not be fully retrieved, so the detailed payment examples in the headline (who receives additional payments and how much) are not independently verified beyond the rules described above.
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