Legal Navigator for Foreign Military Personnel

Payments

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Note to the Section

The main method of official communication between military personnel and their command is a report. In particular, through reports, military personnel apply for leave and request necessary documents.

Since all reports must be written in Ukrainian, paperwork for foreigners is prepared by the personnel office/clerks. Units may also have interpreters (most often English-speaking) – either in staff positions or military personnel assigned from other roles. They assist both in daily communication and in paperwork.

The financial support/payment to foreign military personnel is the same as for Ukrainian citizens serving under contract. The amount depends on the service conditions. Payments are made in hryvnias to a Ukrainian bank account.

Types of payments

Payment to military personnel consists of the following types of payments:

• basic payments: base salary, salary according to military rank, allowance for years of service,

• additional payments: increases to base salary, allowances, supplements, and regular bonuses, as well as a premium,

• one-off payments: rewards and benefits provided under certain circumstances.

Additional reward of UAH 100,000

It is received by military personnel who take direct part in combat operations and are physically present in the areas where such operations are conducted. This reward is paid monthly, prorated to the time of participation in such actions and activities.

Additional reward of UAH 50,000

It is received by military personnel who perform combat/special tasks within the structure of a military management body, the headquarters of a group of forces or a tactical group headquarters up to and including the command post of an operational-strategic group of forces, as well as within the command and headquarters of a military unit/combined subunit, including outside areas of combat operations. This reward is paid monthly, prorated to the time of carrying out such tasks, under conditions defined by the Ministry of Defence.

Additional reward of UAH 30,000 UAH

It is received by military personnel who perform combat/special tasks. This reward is paid monthly, prorated to the time of carrying out such tasks.

One-off reward of UAH 70,000

This payment is additionally provided for each 30 days (calculated cumulatively) of performing such tasks:

Combat/special tasks carried out during combat/special operations on the line of direct engagement with the enemy, at the distance of performing combat/special tasks by a military unit (subunit, including a combined one) of the first echelon of defence or offensive (counter-offensive/counter-attack) up to and including the company strong point, as well as on the territory of Ukraine temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation, in the area between the positions of the Defence Forces and the positions of the aggressor state’s troops in zones of hostilities, and on the enemy’s territory.

Annual financial assistance

Such assistance is paid annually to help with social and household issues, in the amount of one month’s pay.

In particular, the following are grounds for such payments:

1. the military personnel have a disability obtained as a result of a battlefield wound,

2. the death of a spouse/children/parents, or the birth of a child to the military personnel, including adoption,

3. deterioration of the health condition of the military personnel, namely illness with tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis B or C; or continuous treatment, rehabilitation, or leave for treatment for more than 30 days due to a wound and the need for multi-stage surgical treatment, prosthetics, organ transplantation, etc.; or treatment of cancer requiring surgical treatment, radiation and/or chemotherapy, regardless of the year of diagnosis,

4. deterioration of the health condition of a spouse, children, or parents, namely cancer requiring surgical treatment, radiation and/or chemotherapy, regardless of the year of diagnosis,

5. wounds received while performing tasks,

6. wounds to spouse, children, or parents caused by the Russian Federation’s military aggression against Ukraine.