Today, December 1st, a new phase of winter support payments will begin for those who submitted applications on the second day. This was announced by Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko.
"We have already allocated funds to 3.5 million citizens. The total expenditure amounts to 473 million hryvnias," she noted.
According to her, most of the funds are used for utility payments (80%), as well as for books, medicines, and donations to the Armed Forces.
Those who applied through Ukrposhta will start receiving payments on December 6th, St. Nicholas Day, she added.
According to her data, 14 million Ukrainians have already applied for the 1000 hryvnias under the winter support program, including:
- 11.4 million applications were processed through Diia, of which 2.9 million were for children;
- Over 700 thousand applied independently through Ukrposhta;
- For 1.8 million people on the social list, funds will be automatically credited.
"You can submit applications until Christmas, December 24th," emphasized the Prime Minister.
Recall that on November 15th, the acceptance of applications for receiving 1000 hryvnias under the "Winter Support" program began. In the first two hours, more than half a million Ukrainians submitted applications. As of November 22nd, Ukrainians had submitted 10 million applications for "Winter Support" through Diia and Ukrposhta, including more than two million for children. On November 24th, it became known that the first payments for applications submitted since November 15th had started.
