The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has made a decision regarding the phased return of pension debts that have accumulated over many years. Hundreds of thousands of pensioners have not received their due payments, and the total amount of debt to them has reached 85 billion hryvnias.
This is reported by Finway
“Payments are provided for by the government resolution dated July 14, 2025, No. 821 ‘On the Approval of the Procedure for Expenditures from the Budget of the Pension Fund of Ukraine for Pension Payments (Monthly Lifetime Monetary Maintenance for Retired Judges), Assigned (Transferred) for the Execution of Court Decisions.’
Scale of Underpayments and Court Decisions
Over the past five years, 758 thousand cases related to pension underpayments have been considered in the courts. In most cases, the courts ruled in favor of the pensioners, obliging the state to pay them a total of approximately 85 billion hryvnias. However, for a long time, even after court decisions were made, the debts were not paid due to a lack of funds in the state budget.
New Procedure for Returning Pension Debts
Thanks to government resolution No. 821 from July 2025, the situation has changed: the state is beginning the phased return of pension debts. From now on, pensioners will gradually receive the debt amount along with their current pension each month.
Payments will only be made if there are available funds in the Pension Fund budget. If budget resources are limited in a given month, the debt payment will be postponed to the next period.
Pensioners can independently track the process of repaying their debt through their personal account on the electronic services web portal of the Pension Fund of Ukraine. Information about the remaining amount to be paid and the estimated timing of fund availability is accessible there.