More than 2.1 million applications were received to receive UAH 1,000 as part of the «Winter is Support» program on the very first day of its operation.
More than 2.1 million applications were received to receive UAH 1,000 as part of the «Winter is Support» program on the very first day of its operation.
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, announced this on Sunday evening.
«Funds can be used to pay for Ukrainian goods and services, including utilities, Ukrainian medicines, railway tickets, and Ukrainian books. There is an opportunity to direct the payment to support the Defense Forces of Ukraine through volunteer funds,» Zelenskyi said.
In particular, according to his information, almost half a million applications from this number were also issued for children.
The President reminded that the funds can be received within 3 months — until February 28, and spent until the end of 2025.
Before that, we told how to apply for the «Winter is Support» program, in particular to those citizens who do not have «Diia».
We will remind that many opinion leaders, including business representatives, criticized this idea.
Yes, the petition to cancel the payment of «Zelensky’s thousand» received more than 25,000 votes.
The founder of the Netpeak Group holding, Artem Borodatyuk, compared this financial aid initiative with the well-known expression, calling it «giving away fish, not fishing rods.»
And the co-founder and co-owner of the Nova Poshta company, Volodymyr Popereshnyuk, said that this is «a projectile from the same clip as raising taxes.»
