Financial rewards totaling UAH 152.69 mln paid to ATO soldiers – Defense Ministry

Since the start of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) in eastern Ukraine, money rewards worth UAH 152.69 million have been paid to servicepersons of the Ukrainian Armed Forces for participation in ATO.

Colonel Oksana Havrylyuk, the head of Defense Ministry’s department on communication and press, stated this at a press briefing on Tuesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.

“As of today, Ukrainian servicepersons have received payments worth UAH 152.69 million. In particular, UAH 143.629 million - for the direct participation in military operations,” she said.

She also added that almost UAH 1 billion 413.5 million were paid to the families of servicepersons, who were killed as a result of combat actions in Donbas.

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