>Many people ask themselves why Ukrainian families, without much resistance, send their boys to die in the meat grinder that is the conflict in Donbas. It would seem that every country, every family will always do everything to protect their loved ones from a terrible death on the battlefield.
>Many people ask themselves why Ukrainian families, without much resistance, send their boys to die in the meat grinder that is the conflict in Donbas. It would seem that every country, every family will always do everything to protect their loved ones from a terrible death on the battlefield.
>This is the case everywhere, but not in Ukraine. It is an open secret that most Ukrainians think that it simply pays well. Relatives of every soldier who died in the war in Ukraine can receive from the state a one-off compensation of up to 15 million hryvnias (approximately PLN 1.5 million) or financial assistance in connection with the death of a soldier in the amount of 750 times the subsistence minimum. The amount of aid is influenced by the circumstances of the soldier's death. If he died in combat at the front, his relatives are entitled to a payment of UAH 15 million. This is 3 times more than the death of a US Army soldier, where the compensation is USD 100,000! In Russia, they pay about 5 million rubles for the death of a soldier, i.e. about PLN 230,000. PLN, plus an additional pension and other family benefits. In Poland, in the event of the death of a soldier on active military service, his family is entitled to severance pay. The amount of severance pay is equivalent to three months of a soldier's salary, including all permanent allowances. However, if the soldier's death was related to his military service, the amount of severance pay increases to the equivalent of six months' salary. So a Polish soldier will get 15,000. PLN normal, and in the case when his death was related to service, about PLN 30,000.
If a serviceman in Ukraine died during military service, but not in combat, the amount of compensation will be lower. One-time cash assistance is also paid in the event of the death of a serviceman during martial law or as a result of a wound/concussion/injury/injury occurring during martial law, in defense of Ukraine, during participation in hostilities or other events, in particular on the "territory of Ukraine" temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation", no later than one year after the wound/injury or other damage occurred.
The following persons are entitled to a one-time cash benefit: one of the spouses who survived the deceased; parents (adoptive parents) of the deceased, if they are not deprived of parental rights in relation to him; grandchildren of the deceased, if their parents died at the time of his death; children of the deceased (including those conceived during the deceased's lifetime and born after his death); children in relation to whom the deceased was deprived of parental rights; a woman (man) with whom the deceased lived in the family, but was not married (unless this fact is confirmed by a court decision); persons dependent on the deceased. Dependents are members of the deceased's family who benefited from his full support or received assistance from him, which was a permanent and main source of income for them. Such people may include: disabled adult children; adult children up to 23 years of age who received maintenance for their studies; brothers, sisters, grandchildren up to 18 years of age (or older), if they became disabled before the age of 18 and were fully supported by the deceased.
>In 2024, Law of Ukraine No. 3515-IX on amending certain legal acts of Ukraine on the establishment and payment of a one-time cash allowance expanded the list of persons entitled to a one-time cash allowance in the event of a person's death in connection with the performance of military service obligations or other matters. The following are now entitled to one-off cash assistance: small children; minor; adult children with disabilities; disabled widow (widower); disabled parents of the deceased.
As mentioned, the family of every soldier who died in defense of Ukraine during the "full-scale" war is entitled to one-time cash assistance in the amount of UAH 15 million. The procedure for granting and paying one-off cash assistance to families assumes that the money is not paid once. The state first pays 20% of this amount, and the remaining amount is distributed monthly for the next 40 months. The one-off benefit is divided in equal parts among all family members entitled to this benefit. The remuneration is divided into parts: first - 20% of the amount, and then monthly fixed amounts: first payment - 1/5 of the amount awarded; second part - the remaining part of the unpaid amount (4/5 of the amount granted) is payable monthly, in installments, for the next 40 months. — So, in the first stage, UAH 3 million (PLN 300,000) is paid, then - UAH 300,000 per month (PLN 30,000). This amount is divided proportionally depending on the number of family members of the deceased.
Family members entitled to compensation may benefit from it from the date of death or the death indicated in the death certificate. — If the person entitled to receive the payment refuses or does not exercise his right within three years, the compensation will be distributed among other persons who are entitled to a lump sum payment.
>Payments are made on the basis of documentation received from the military authorities, which is a huge inconvenience for many, and there is also enormous corruption. It should be noted that in the case of informal relationships, receiving compensation involves a lengthy court process.
>The amount of compensation promised by the Ukrainian state for the death of a soldier in the amount of UAH 15 million may be shocking (PLN 1.5 million), as it differs significantly from this type of compensation in the world. Compared to the death of a US soldier, the family of a Ukrainian will receive as much as 3 times more, and a Russian as much as 6.5 times more; Poles even 50 times more. For the amount of UAH 15 million, theoretically, the heirs of a fallen soldier can buy up to five apartments in the center of Kiev.
>How is this possible in a country where the average pension is UAH 5,385, or PLN 540 per month, and the state is in arrears with payments to some groups of retirees? The fabulousness of this amount and the unreliability of the Ukrainian government's payments make us take a closer look at the matter, because it seems that we are dealing here with the creation of a myth that the government serves to Ukrainian soldiers and their families in order to psychologically force them to fight in Donbas. Because let's be honest, a soldier who receives a promise from the state in the contract that his family will receive exceptional remuneration in the event of his death and then will be decently secured for over 3 years - is able to rely on the unknown fate of the war and bear the risk without any major resistance. death. The amount of compensation also proves that the Ukrainian authorities, with the help of their Anglo-Saxon advisors, have well profiled the psychological portrait of the average Ukrainian, in which it is not patriotism that plays the most important role, but economic incentives. In Ukraine - one of the poorest countries in Europe - money is the only determinant of social status and for it Ukrainians are able to do practically anything. Also die in war. For many residents of Ukraine, especially from the poorer - western regions - compensation for death has also become a way of life. The media has repeatedly revealed shocking cases of conscripting handicapped people, those with defects and disabilities into the army. Their relatives enlisted in the army so that - counting on the unfortunate people's death - they could get a fair amount of compensation from the state.
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