Payments to military personnel to solve social and household needs: who can receive payment
Ukrainian servicemen can receive a payment to solve their social and household issues. Our defenders can receive the payment once a year.
According to the "Army.Inform" media, payments to address social and domestic needs are available to privates and commanders, except for those on active duty. This applies to the cases stipulated by the order of the Ministry of Defense No. 2683 of February 1, 2023. The amount of assistance will not exceed the monthly allowance of a military serviceman.
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Grounds for receiving the assistance:
- death of a serviceman and/or his wife (husband), children, parents;
- wounding of a serviceman while performing tasks during martial law;
- if the serviceman has a disability resulting from an injury (contusion, injury, mutilation) related to the defense of Ukraine;
- violation of the serviceman's health condition, his/her stay for treatment, rehabilitation, which is confirmed by relevant medical documents (discharge epicrisis, certificate of illness, resolution of the military medical commission), namely: oncological disease (surgical treatment, radiation and/or chemotherapy); tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis B, C;
- continuous stay for treatment, rehabilitation or leave for treatment due to illness (in total more than 30 consecutive days) as a result of injuries, diseases of the nervous, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal systems and other diseases of organs and systems with severe course or consequences, requiring multi-stage surgical treatment, prosthetics of the lost limb(s), endoprosthetics, organ transplantation, individual care, anti-relapse treatment with long-term use of expensive medicines.
The money will also be paid to the families of servicemen who were captured (except for servicemen who surrendered voluntarily) or taken hostage, as well as interned in neutral states or recognized as missing.
The money is paid at the place of service according to the serviceman's report under the order of the commander, who must receive a corresponding order from the higher command "by subordination with the amount of assistance indicated in it."
"The report addressed to the commander of the military unit shall state the reason for the appeal and attach documents confirming it," the publication writes.
It is noted that this type of assistance is not a mandatory payment, including in case of dismissal.
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