Annual health recovery assistance is provided to individuals affected by the Chornobyl disaster and other nuclear accidents, namely:
🔹 Persons with disabilities caused by the Chornobyl disaster (Category 1);
🔹 Participants in the liquidation of the Chornobyl accident and other nuclear accidents (Categories 2 and 3);
🔹 Participants in nuclear tests and military exercises involving nuclear weapons;
🔹 Individuals who performed scheduled work involving nuclear charges;
🔹 Individuals exposed to radiation through no fault of their own;
🔹 Children with disabilities whose disability is linked to the Chornobyl disaster;
🔹 Children who lost one parent due to the disaster;
🔹 Evacuees from the exclusion zone in 1986.
Amount of Assistance:
🔘 120 UAH — persons with Group I and II disabilities;
🔘 100 UAH — accident liquidators (Category 2);
🔘 90 UAH — persons with Group III disabilities, children with disabilities;
🔘 75 UAH — accident liquidators (Category 3), children who lost a parent, and evacuees from 1986.
Important:
If a person qualifies for assistance under multiple categories, they can choose one basis for receiving the assistance.
When is it paid?
Once a year — during the health recovery period.
How to apply:
✅ In person — at any service center of the Pension Fund of Ukraine (regardless of place of registration or residence);
✅ By mail or electronically — via the web portal of electronic services of the Pension Fund of Ukraine;
✅ Through authorized representatives of the executive body of the village, settlement, or city council of the respective territorial community or through a CNAP (Administrative Services Center).
The annual health recovery assistance is paid by the bodies of the Pension Fund of Ukraine in accordance with the Law of Ukraine No. 796-XII “On the Status and Social Protection of Citizens Affected by the Chornobyl Disaster” and the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated July 12, 2005, No. 562.