Residents in frontline regions to be offered winter fuel payments
Source: Ukraine’s goverment
On Monday, the Ukrainian goverement said it has introduced a a new benefit scheme that will offer winter fuel payments to residents of nine fronline regions. The one-time cash assistance of 21,000 hryvnias will go to households to help cover the cost of solid fuel during the cold season.
The fuel payment will go to people living within 10 kilometers of the Russian border or the frontlines, as well as those residing in active combat zones. It will work in the following regions:
- Sumy
- Kharkiv
- Kherson
- Luhansk
- Donetsk
- Dnipropetrovsk
- Zaporizhzhia
- Mykolaiv
- Chernihiv
The funds will be provided through international organizations, and applications must be applied to local government offices by September 16, 2024.
The policy though will be out of reach if any member of a household has already received heating assistance for the 2024/25 season.
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