20 and 30 thousand hryvnias each: the amounts of payments to the wounded and the families of those killed by shelling have been increased in Mykolaiv

Damaged house at Pohranychna, 43. Archive photo NikVesti

In Mykolaiv, monetary assistance to wounded civilians and families of those killed as a result of shelling by Russian troops was increased.

The corresponding decision was made at a meeting of the executive committee of the Mykolaiv City Council on Wednesday, October 9, reports NikVesti.

The draft decision states that 20,000 hryvnias will be paid to civilians who were injured as a result of rocket attacks on the territory of the city. Previously, this amount was 10 thousand hryvnias.

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Also, one-time assistance of 30,000 hryvnias will be paid to the families of the dead civilians in the city. Before that, 20 thousand hryvnias were paid each.

In addition, by the decision of the Executive Committee, a new item was introduced into the list of measures of the «Social Protection» program regarding reimbursement of the cost of erecting tombstones for citizens who died (deceased) as a result of enemy shelling.

«Until now, we paid only in connection with the death of these civilians who died in our city. Now the townspeople will also have the right to compensation for the installation of gravestones,» added Serhii Vasylenko, director of the Department of Labor and Social Protection of the City Council.

We will remind that out of more than 126,000 internally displaced persons living in Mykolaiv region, only 33,000 citizens will continue to receive payments in 2024.