Winter support: more than 3.2 million Ukrainians have already applied
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The president announced 3.2 million applications for the payment of UAH 1,000 under the Winter support program, including 700 thousand for children. The program will run from December 2024 to February 2025 with a budget of UAH 15 billion.
More than 3 million 200 thousand applications have already been received from Ukrainians for the payment of 1 thousand under the Winter support program. This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky in a video message, Reports UNN.
"The winter support program – "support" - continues to gain momentum. There are already more than 3 million 200 thousand applications, and among them 700 thousand are applications for children," Zelensky said.
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On December 1, The Winter support program was launched in Ukraine . The program will be valid for three months – from December 1, 2024 to February 28, 2025. In particular, it can be spent on charity by donating money to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Earlier, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky was petitioned to refuse to implement the new support program to provide 1000 UAH per person. In particular, people are asking to direct these funds to the production of weapons, in favor of financing programs for the rehabilitation of war veterans.
A petition calling for the cancellation or revision of the program of payment of 1 thousand UAH to Ukrainians received more than 25 thousand necessary votes.
People's deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak , referring to the document on amendments to Government Decree No. 952 , reportedthat 5 billion hryvnias will be spent on "Winter support" of Ukrainians from the state budget this year, and 10 billion hryvnias next year.
First Deputy Prime Minister-Minister of economy of Ukraine Yulia Sviridenko notedthat the financing of the Winter support program will come from the funds that were included in the 2024 budget.
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The Chairman of the Parliamentary Budget Committee , Roksolana Pidlasa, reportedthat if the intensity of hostilities changes, there will be huge interruptions in the supply of weapons from international partners, then it will be necessary to make changes to the state budget for defense in 2025.
