Social Policy Ministry: 965,000 pensioners moved to Ukrainian government control territories

A total of 965,000 pensioners, who have a status of internally displaces persons (IDPs), have moved to the Ukrainian government control territories, the press service of the Social Policy Ministry reports.

“Currently over 1.7 million people, of whom 965,000 are pensioners, have moved to the Ukrainian government controlled territories,” reads a report.

As earlier reported, the financial assistance was assigned to 861,459 IDP families.

Since the beginning of 2016, the amount of financial aid granted to the IDPs has reached UAH 1.875 billion.

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