Minimum pension payments for families of fallen Defenders of Ukraine have been increased
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has decided to significantly increase targeted assistance for family members of service members who died or passed away as a result of a wound, mutilation, contusion, or an illness related to direct participation in the defense of Ukraine against Russian aggression. The new payment amounts took effect on March 1, 2026. The minimum pension payment for each incapacitated family member — parents, wife
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has decided to significantly increase targeted assistance for family members of servicemen who died or passed away as a result of injury, mutilation, contusion, or an illness related to direct participation in defending Ukraine against Russian aggression.
The new payment amounts came into effect on March 1, 2026.
The minimum pension payment for each disabled family member — parent, wife or husband of a fallen (deceased) service member — or the amount of state social assistance for persons who have no right to a pension, and for persons with disabilities, granted to a child who has been given the status of a family member of a fallen (deceased) Defender of Ukraine, will be no less than 12 810 UAH per person (previously this amount was 7 800 UAH).
Payments will also increase for families where two or more family members receive a pension or state social assistance (except for incapacitated parents, a wife, or a husband). For them, the minimum pension payment or the amount of state social assistance for persons not entitled to a pension and persons with disabilities will be no less than UAH 10,020 (previously this amount was UAH 6,100).
All these payments will be indexed annually, starting from March 1, 2027.
Minimum pensions for persons with war-related disabilities increased from March 1, 2026
Effective March 1, amendments were made to Resolution No. 656 of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine “On establishing a monthly state targeted assistance to the pension for persons with disabilities due to the war and participants in combat operations,” and new fixed minimum pension amounts were set for the above-mentioned category of persons.
In particular, for a person with a war-related disability
– Group I – UAH 18,885.00 (the increase amounts to UAH 2,038),
– group II — 15 494,00 UAH (the increase amounts to 1 672 UAH),
– Group III ‒ UAH 10,625.00 (the increase amounts to UAH 1,147),
– combat participant – UAH 6,197.00 (the increase amounts to UAH 669).