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The Ukrainian government has been actively revising its approach to payouts, focusing on enhancing the compensation for military personnel. Recent measures include up to 460,000 UAH monthly bonuses for combat participation and payments tied to destroyed enemy equipment. Additionally, reforms are underway to increase allowances and clearly define terms of service. Meanwhile, the Russian government is increasing military contract payments, indicating recruitment challenges. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defence continues to adapt its incentive structures, aiming to motivate its forces through substantial financial incentives. Such developments reflect ongoing adjustments in defense spending amid ongoing conflicts.
What are the new payout policies for the Ukrainian military in 2026?
The Ukrainian military's new payout policies in 2026 include high monthly bonuses up to 460,000 UAH for combat roles, and significant one-time payments for destroyed enemy equipment. The government is also restructuring military contracts to include clear service terms and increased pay rates, reflecting a comprehensive transformation aimed at boosting soldier motivation and operational effectiveness.
How are Russia's military payments changing in 2026?
In response to recruitment shortages, Russia is increasing one-off payments for new military contracts to over 4 million rubles. This move is designed to attract more personnel into its armed forces, addressing the decreasing willingness of individuals to participate in the conflict against Ukraine. Regional budgets are bearing the financial burden of these incentives.
What financial support is available for victims of war in Ukraine?
Ukraine provides various forms of financial support for war victims, including substantial compensation to families of fallen soldiers, payments for released prisoners of war, and schemes for rewarding soldiers based on their combat achievements. These measures are part of a broader strategy to ensure that those affected by the ongoing conflict receive necessary support, both financially and socially.
How is Ukraine addressing financial shortages in military funding?
Ukraine is addressing financial shortages in military funding through strategic budget allocations, despite facing a significant shortfall. The Verkhovna Rada has increased defense spending, and efforts are underway to channel additional resources into the military. Reforms aim to optimize existing funds and maintain necessary support levels for military personnel, ensuring operational readiness and support.
What is the role of regional governments in financing Russian military payouts?
Regional governments in Russia play a crucial role in financing military payouts, particularly in covering the increased one-off payments for new recruits. As central authorities face recruitment shortfalls, the financial burden of these incentives falls on regional budgets, many of which are already under financial strain. This strategy attempts to distribute the cost of military engagement more broadly across the federation.
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"We Are Not Leaving Without Money" - Mothers of Yenakieve Came to Terrorists to Get Money for Food On Monday, Nov. 17, local female residents of Yenakieve (the Donetsk region) came to the city administration building to demand payments of their benefits for children. 197 815 920
Pension should be earned, not aged to, - Social Policy Minister Reva Ukraine should return to unified rules of pension payments stipulating for their dependence on Pension Fund premiums paid by citizens. 121 775 826
Fitch downgraded Ukraine's foreign currency IDRs to "restricted default" Fitch Ratings has announced it downgraded Ukraine’s long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to RD (Restricted Default) from C, while long-term local currency IDR is affirmed at CCC. 65 543 276
Zelenskyy said that he would give out 1,000 hryvnias to each person at expense of state budget President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has instructed the government to introduce a new programme called "E-Support" starting from 1 December, under which every citizen will receive UAH 1,000. 52 069 359
Extra compensation payments to ATO fighters to increase effective April 1, - Poroshenko President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has ordered to increase compensation payments to military who conduct combat tasks in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) area. 41 132 107
From February 1, new procedure for calculating financial support for servicemen of Defense Forces will come into force From February 1, Ukraine will change the procedure for paying additional monetary rewards to servicemen of the Defense Forces of Ukraine and employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. 38 991 120 Previously in trend: War
"Ukraine will not finance terrorism and pay pensions to militants who fire at our guys," - Vice Prime Minister Rozenko on social payments at occupied territories Ukraine will be able to fulfill all of its social obligations to people who remain in temporarily occupied territories after full implementation of the Minsk agreements. 38 499 214 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas
She accrued more than UAH 700 thousand of combat pay to her subordinates: Financier of military unit in Dnipropetrovsk region to be tried, - SBI Law enforcement officers completed the pre-trial investigation and sent to court an indictment against the head of the financial and economic service of a military unit, who was stationed in Dnipropetrovsk region at the time of the crime. The official helped her subordinates illegally receive... 36 937 8
Poroshenko signs law increasing social welfare of servicemen and their families President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has signed a law increasing social protection of servicemen and their family members. 35 957 89
After minimum subsistence raised, more than 80 social payments to go up, - Minister Rozenko Due to increase in minimum subsistence, more than 80 types of social payments, aids, compensations, maintenance allowances will go up. 34 501 140
Ukraine can’t afford paying pension benefits to ‘ghost retirees’ in self-proclaimed republics of Donbas, - MP Iryna Herashchenko Ukraine is highly interested in implementing procedure of verification of social and pensions benefits, for lack of governmental authority in the country’s east prevents access to register lists. 30 112 145 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas
SBI exposes military unit official who organized remote service for subordinates and received cash payments for it. VIDEO+PHOTOS SBI officers detained and served a notice of suspicion to the deputy commander of a military unit from Odesa region. According to preliminary data, during the operation of the scheme, the offenders managed to take on the staff more than 20 people and receive up to UAH 20 million from them. 29 041 29
Servants of People were given envelopes with money in office where NABU had installed wiretap Deputies from the Servant of the People party received shadow payments in envelopes at the office of Yurii Kisel, a deputy from the Servant of the People party. 28 000 139 Previously in trend: payments in envelopes to servant of the people
"Servant of the People" Kryvosheev: Increasing payments to stimulate entry into AFU are not our methods, wrong motivation MP from the Servant of the People party, Ihor Kryvosheiev, believes that it is wrong to lure volunteers to the Ukrainian army with big money. He says that such methods are inherent in the aggressor state and are not suitable for Ukraine. 26 424 193
Defense Ministry officials who demanded bribes for social benefits for wounded servicemen were detained - SSU. PHOTOS The Security Service and the National Police, in cooperation with the Internal Security Department of the Ministry of Defence and the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, eliminated a corruption scheme in the calculation of social benefits for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 22 650 38 Previously in trend: Grafters
Zaluzhny included in list of areas of hostilities all areas where battles are taking place - Butusov The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny included in the list of combat areas where servicemen receive a bonus of UAH 100,000 for participating in contact battles. 20 103 8 Previously in trend: War
Nearly UAH 2 million for "combat" missions that never occurred: SBI serves SBGS colonel with suspicion notice The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has served a colonel of the State Border Guard Service (SBGS) of Ukraine with a notice of suspicion over inadequate oversight of payments to military personnel. According to the investigation, between 2023 and 2025, they were unjustifiably awarded almost... 17 357 6 Previously in trend: Illegal payments Schemes involving payments to military personnel
Indexation for military personnel: from June, pay will be increased by 132 hryvnias, - Honcharenko From June 2026, military personnel’s pay will be increased by just 132 hryvnia. 17 292 56 Previously in trend: payments to military
There is not enough money in budget to pay salaries, - Finance Minister Marchenko Ukraine’s financial situation is now at its most critical point since the start of the major war with Russia in 2022. 17 010 174 Previously in trend: State budget
President says payments to servicemen will be indexed Ukrainian authorities will take steps to indexation of military personnel. 16 947 94
There is 180 billion hryvnia ’hole’ in 2026 state budget for military salaries; there are not even enough funds to match last year’s level of payments, – Zhelezniak The Cabinet of Ministers is refusing to allocate the necessary funds in the amendments to the 2026 State Budget, creating a massive funding shortfall for the army. The government has not set aside any funds at all for increasing payments to military personnel. 15 245 101 Previously in trend: payments to military State budget
Soldiers in Kherson have not received combat pay for second month - servicewoman Herasymenko The front line of the Kherson region, except for part of the Kherson islands and bays, is not officially a combat zone. Therefore, the fighters who defend Ukraine here do not receive combat pay. 14 162 53 Previously in trend: War
Rada Committee on National Security and Defence excluded from draft law on mobilisation previously approved provisions on additional payments to military The Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defence removed from the draft law on mobilisation the provisions on additional payments at zero, which had been previously supported by the Committee. 12 512 55
Putin doubles payments to Russian mercenaries for participation in war against Ukraine Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has increased the one-time payment to Russians and foreigners if they sign a contract with the Russian Defence Ministry to participate in the war against Ukraine. Thus, the payment will increase to 400 thousand rubles. 12 279 74
Only 4% of recipients of "Zelenskyy’s thousand" donate to Armed Forces Already, 1.8 million adults and 520 thousand children have received UAH 1,000 to their National Cashback card under the Winter eSupport programme. 11 916 201
Families of defenders killed in battle are not paid compensation due to "disappearances", and salaries are not issued due to "undetermined reasons for disappearance", - Butusov Relatives of Ukrainian defenders are asking to intervene in the bureaucratic showdown, as they are not being paid compensation for the death of a soldier, citing "disappearance". 11 653 46 Previously in trend: War
Ukrainian Defense Minister assigned check on the fact of non-payment of cash collateral to servicemen. Perpetrators will be brought to justice - Ministry of Defence Stepan Poltorak, Ukrainian Defense Minister, assigned a check on all the facts of non-payment of cash collateral to Ukrainian servicemen, the published ones inclusive. 11 512 38
13 million Ukrainians will receive payment of 1,500 hryvnias in April, – Uliutin In April, around 13 million Ukrainians will receive a one-off cash payment of 1,500 hryvnias. 11 179 49 Previously in trend: IDP payments
Malaysia Airlines settles damages with MH17 victims' families, - Reuters July 17, Malaysia Airlines struck a deal to settle damages claims for most victims of its MH17 flight that was shot down over eastern Ukraine two years ago 10 879 20 Previously in trend: Russian terrorists downed MH17
Financial support for servicemen of Armed Forces of Ukraine - explanation of Ministry of Defense. INFOGRAPHICS The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine explained what kind of financial support is provided for the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 10 834 22 Previously in trend: War
Poland to cancel part of payments for refugees from Ukraine On April 30, the Council of Ministers of Poland adopted a bill on assistance to Ukrainian citizens in connection with the armed conflict in the country, which provides for further reduction of a number of benefits. It also provides for the possibility of changing the status of Ukrainians’ stay in Poland: from the current temporary protection to a temporary stay of up to three years. 10 770 92 Previously in trend: Aid to Ukraine
Instead of populist "winter" payouts, 33,750 UGVs could have been purchased to evacuate wounded President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) designed for casualty evacuation, developed in the R&D labs of the First Separate Medical Battalion, has been successfully evacuating the wounded. The system was funded through charitable donations. The price of one such UGVs... 10 627 36 Previously in trend: Evacuation by ground drone Evacuation of the wounded Winter support from government
"PrivatBank returned UAH 155 billion spent on its rescue during nationalization to state," - CEO Boesch "Privatbank returned to the state UAH 155 billion spent on its rescue during nationalization. 10 600 56
Government adopts resolution on UAH 70,000 supplementary payments to military "at zero" The Cabinet of Ministers has adopted a resolution on increased salaries for military personnel performing combat missions at the front line. 10 316 98
Family of "deceased" soldier Nazar Daletskyi, who returned from captivity, must return aid paid to them The relatives of Nazar Daletskyi, who was presumed dead but returned alive from Russian captivity, will be forced to return to the state the financial assistance allocated in the event of the death of a defender. 10 013 76 Previously in trend: Rescuing soldiers from captivity payments to families of prisoners of war
Military personnel will be able to determine who will receive compensation in case of their death: Zelenskyy signed law President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a law expanding the list of persons entitled to receive one-time financial assistance to family members of a fallen serviceman. 10 009 22 Previously in trend: War
FlyDubai to pay additional $20,000 per killed passenger FlyDubai airline will pay $20,000 to the families of passengers who died in the Boeing 737-800 crash at the Rostov-on-Don airport. 9 424 0 Previously in trend: Boeing crash in Rostov
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. 9 345 120
IDPs’ payments will be allocated to families - Ministry of Reintegration From November 1 of this year, the rules for processing payments to internally displaced persons (IDPs) have been changed. This applies to internally displaced persons who apply for such assistance from the state for the first time. 8 784 1
In poorest regions of Russian Federation, savings have increased sharply due to "coffin" payments Several of Russia’s poorest regions have shown an abnormal increase in bank accounts. Experts explain that this is due to payments for participation in the war against Ukraine. 8 587 52
Ukraine will incentivize its 800,000-strong army with high salaries – Zelenskyy President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the state will incentivize Ukrainian servicemen with high salaries if a ceasefire is reached. 8 548 74 Previously in trend: payments to military reduction in the numbers of defense forces Peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine
Rada Took Money Away From Disabled and Mothers with Large Families and Added Some to Security Forces The budget for 2013 which was adopted by the parliament on Thursday, December 6, provides for 1 billion hryvnia spending increase for the maintenance of public order and the protection of the state from illegal encroachments. 8 459 94 Previously in trend: Budget 2013
Rada adopted bill on social protection for military personnel. Fedorov outlined key changes Today, February 25, 2026, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted draft law No. 13646 on social protection for military personnel. 8 419 37 Previously in trend: payments to military
Mobilised servicemen undergoing training are paid UAH 20,000 per month - Land Forces Mobilised citizens undergoing basic military training in 2024 will be paid UAH 20,000 per month. 8 262 35 Previously in trend: War
Government approves UAH 6,500 payment program under "Winter Support" package The government has approved a program of one-time payments worth UAH 6,500 for the most vulnerable categories of citizens under the "Winter Support" package. 7 515 35 Previously in trend: Winter support from government
Contracts with payments of UAH 250,000-400,000 depending on combat missions planned for AFU infantrymen Financial remuneration in Ukraine’s Defense Forces is expected to increase, ranging from UAH 30,000 for rear-area positions to UAH 250,000-400,000 for infantry personnel carrying out combat missions. 7 407 109 Previously in trend: payments to military
Volunteer fighters under 25 who signed contract with AFU under new conditions will be able to receive UAH 1 million - Defense Ministry Soldiers of private, sergeant, and non-commissioned officer ranks who joined the Defense Forces under the age of 25 before the new contract terms of the Ministry of Defense took effect are also entitled to a cash reward of UAH 1 million. 7 160 68
"Zelenskyy’s thousand" will be funded at expense of child protection and low-income support programmes – media The Cabinet of Ministers plans to give every Ukrainian 1,000 hryvnias under the "winter support" programme by reducing funding for child protection and low-income family assistance programmes. 6 468 75 Previously in trend: Winter support from government
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