Ukrainians who receive "Zelenskyy’s thousand" abroad will have to return it - Shmyhal

The authorities will check the assistance provided to Ukrainians under the winter program "eSupport". Those who have applied for thousands of hryvnias abroad will be refunded.
This was stated by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal on the air of the telethon "United News", Censor.NET reports citing Interfax-Ukraine.
There may be a minimal number of people who will abuse it. But we will conduct an audit afterwards, and such people, as it happened in previous times (we are talking about previous eSupport programs - ed.), will return the money. Therefore, we recommend not to abuse these things," he emphasized.
Shmyhal explained that when registering an application, citizens declare that they are on the territory of Ukraine.
They will also be verified by software, including registers and geolocation.
"Zelenskyy's Thousand"
As a reminder, starting today, Ukrainians can apply for the "Zelenskyy's Thousand".
As reported, earlier, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy instructed the government to introduce a new program to support the population starting December 1, with UAH 1,000 per person.
Subsequently, First Deputy Minister of Economy Oleksii Sobolev said that the state aid of UAH 1,000, which Ukrainians will be able to receive from December, will be credited to the National Cashback card.
The Cabinet of Ministers and the ruling Servant of the People party claimed that the payments would be made using funds from international partners that they did not have time to use by the end of the year. However, later, Roksolana Pidlasa, the head of the Verkhovna Rada Budget Committee, admitted that the program initiated by Zelenskyy would be funded by the remaining funds of the Compulsory State Social Insurance Fund, which were formed last year and were not used by the Ministry of Economy in 2024.
In this case, part of the state budget's domestic revenues will be used to finance the UAH 1,000 payments, not funds from international partners, so these funds could be spent on defense.
Read more in the article by BusinessCensor: "Zelenskyy's Thousand": where money will be taken".