"Thousand from Zelenskyy": six billion hryvnias have already been paid to Ukrainians
As of 17 December 2024, UAH 6 billion has already been paid to Ukrainians under the "Winter eSupport" programme, and 9 million Ukrainians have applied for payments.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this during a meeting of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Censor.NET reports citing Ukrinform.
The "eSupport" programme already covers 9 million Ukrainians - more than 7 million online applications and 2 million via Ukrposhta. The amount of funds paid to people has already reached more than UAH 6 billion," the Head of State said.
He noted that the country also has "eRestoration" and "eHouse", programmes to support veterans, Ukraine's energy resilience, National Cashback and others.
"Zelenskyy's Thousand"
As a reminder, starting December 1, Ukrainians can apply for the "Zelenskyy's thousand" payment.
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 Business Censor: "Zelenskyy's Thousand": where money will be taken".
