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Special pensions will not be increased in order to reduce imbalances in the solidarity system.
Minister of social policy, family and national unity Denys Ulyutin has announced plans to raise the minimum pension in Ukraine. In an interview with RBC-Ukraine, he said the government is working on increasing the minimum pension from 3,400 hryvnias to 6,000 hryvnias. According to him, the change would affect about one third of pensioners, primarily those who worked in low-paid jobs.
However, the increase is conditional on reforming the solidarity pension system, under which current workers finance current pensioners. Without such reform, Ulyutin warned, Ukraine’s social system risks collapse.
“If a person receives 6,000 hryvnias instead of 4,000, that is a different quality of life — the ability to buy medicines and a reduced need for subsidies,” the minister said. He added that the relevant draft law is now being finalized, after which it will be discussed with the cabinet of ministers and international partners.
At the same time, special pensions — paid under separate laws rather than general rules — will not be increased. According to Ulyutin, this decision is intended to help correct imbalances within the solidarity system.
Earlier, social policy expert Andrii Pavlovskyi warned that the pension indexation and an expected 8% increase in 2026 would not offset inflation and rising prices. He also noted that inflation was not factored into the state budget, while higher raw material and logistics costs, along with the national bank’s projected rise in utility tariffs, could push inflation to 15–20% in practice.
