{"id":30936,"date":"2026-07-14T12:24:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T09:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ldn.org.ua\/consultations\/zahybel-abo-znyknennia-bezvisty-viyskovosluzhbovtsia-iak-oformyty-pensiiu-u-zv-iazku-iz-vtratoiu-hoduvalnyka\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T17:01:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T14:01:45","slug":"zahybel-abo-znyknennia-bezvisty-viyskovosluzhbovtsia-iak-oformyty-pensiiu-u-zv-iazku-iz-vtratoiu-hoduvalnyka","status":"publish","type":"consultations","link":"https:\/\/ldn.org.ua\/en\/consultations\/zahybel-abo-znyknennia-bezvisty-viyskovosluzhbovtsia-iak-oformyty-pensiiu-u-zv-iazku-iz-vtratoiu-hoduvalnyka\/","title":{"rendered":"A serviceperson has been killed or gone missing: how to arrange a survivor’s pension"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A survivor’s pension is one form of state support for the families of servicepeople who have been killed or gone missing. Volodymyr Shynkar, attorney and lawyer at the Khmelnytskyi-based NGO Podilska Legal League<\/a>, explains who is entitled to these payments, how to apply for them, and what to do if a pension is refused.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Volodymyr Shynkar, attorney and lawyer at the NGO “Podilska Legal League”.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The full-scale war has led to a significant increase in the number of families who have lost a breadwinner as a result of a serviceperson being killed or going missing. One form of social protection for such people is the survivor’s pension, awarded in accordance with the Law of Ukraine “On Pension Provision for Persons Discharged from Military Service and Certain Other Persons”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The purpose of this payment is to partially compensate for the income a family has lost as a result of the death or disappearance of a serviceperson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What a survivor’s pension is<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A survivor’s pension is a monthly state payment to the dependent family members of a serviceperson who has been killed, has died, or has gone missing under special circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A distinctive feature of this type of pension provision is that the amount of the payment depends on the serviceperson’s military pay, not on the recipient’s insurance record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where a serviceperson has gone missing, entitlement to a pension arises on condition that information about them has been entered into the Unified Register of Persons Missing under Special Circumstances and that the corresponding extract from that register has been obtained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is entitled to the pension<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The right to a survivor’s pension belongs to the dependent family members of a serviceperson who has been killed (has died) or has gone missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n