Rada approves settlement of payments to military. Who and how much should get

The Verkhovna Rada intends to strengthen the social protection of military personnel, police officers and civil protection officers.

335 parliamentarians voted for the adoption of bill No. 9638 as a basis, with the minimum required 226, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

The bill plans to resolve the issue of providing one-time monetary assistance to military personnel after release, in particular, the document provides for the payment of:

- 50% of monthly monetary assistance for each full calendar year of service - for those who are discharged from military service for health reasons or voluntarily (applies to foreigners fighting in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine);

- 50% of monthly monetary assistance for each full calendar year of service in the presence of the length of service of 10 calendar years or more - for those who are discharged from military service by age and due to the end of the contract, reduction in staff, for family reasons during the war;

- 25% of monthly monetary assistance for each full calendar year of service in the presence of the length of service of 10 calendar years or more - for those who are discharged from military service at their own request, for family reasons or for other good reasons in peacetime, the list of which is determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.

Military servicemen are paid a one-time monetary assistance in the amount of 50% of monthly monetary assistance in case of dismissal from military service due to the expiration of the established terms of military service, for health reasons, for family reasons or for other good reasons.

The bill also corrects Article 10-1 (Right of military personnel to leave) of the Law "On Social and Legal Protection of Military Personnel and Members of Their Families" in relation to the duration of the annual basic leave of military personnel by conscription of officers.

According to the new edition, military personnel, in addition to military personnel of the compulsory military service, the duration of annual basic leave in the year of military service beginning is calculated from 1/12 of the length of leave for which they are entitled, for each full month of service until the end of the calendar year (now this norm does not apply to military personnel by conscription of officers).

Parliamentarians also propose to keep for police officers captured or held hostage, as well as those interned in neutral States or who are missing in special circumstances, payments in the amount of the last place of service, salary for a special rank, long-service allowance, other monthly additional monetary assistance of a permanent nature and other types of monetary assistance.

It is offered to pay monthly monetary assistance, including additional and other types of monetary assistance, to the families of such police officers, in the manner determined by the Minister of Interior Affairs.

It is proposed to preserve monetary assistance for individuals of ordinary and chief personnel of the civil protection service, in respect of which the fact of deprivation of personal freedom as a result of armed aggression against Ukraine has been established, or taken hostage as well as missing under special circumstances, at the last place of service in the amount of official salary, salary for a special rank, long-term allowance, other monthly additional types of monetary assistance of a permanent nature and other types of monetary assistance, taking into account changes in long-term service and monetary provisions and the possibility of its payment to the families of these persons of ordinary and chief personnel of the civil protection service.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, in June the Rada adopted a law on additional payments to the military.