Debts related to court decisions on pension recalculations for Ukrainians have risen to 1.6 billion euros

The state’s debt amount arising from court decisions in which pensioners have achieved a recalculation of their pension amounts has grown to 66 billion hryvnias (almost 1.6 billion euros).

This was reported by the First Deputy Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine, Daria Marchak.

“The problem of debt from court decisions today is very significant. I would say it’s like a ‘sword of Damocles’ over the pension system. Currently, our debt from court decisions in the pension system amounts to 66 billion hryvnias (almost 1.6 billion euros). And this volume is growing very rapidly,” she said.

The overwhelming majority of this debt – 57% – has arisen from court cases of former military personnel and employees of law enforcement agencies, for whom there is special pension legislation. In particular, it provides for linking the pension payment amount to the current level of monetary provision or salary received by military personnel and representatives of law enforcement agencies today.

Another 26% of the state’s debt amount in pension cases concerns payments to Chernobyl victims.

As Marchak explained, the state has no debt for current payments. At the same time, when courts decide to recalculate a pension for an individual plaintiff, they usually require the state to pay the recalculated pension for the previous 5-10 years as well. It is precisely these recalculations that have led to the debt.