The Pension Fund made payments to working Ukrainians in April
In April 2026, Ukraine launched the next phase of pension adjustments, which followed the large-scale indexation carried out in March.
Unlike the previous month, when payments increased by 12.1% for most citizens, the April increase is selective and applies only to a specific category of individuals.
The main recipients of the supplements were working pensioners, for whom the Pension Fund conducted an automatic recalculation based on their accumulated insurance record.
This procedure is possible only if the individual has officially worked for at least 24 months since the last pension assignment or update.
It is important to understand that this adjustment is not universal and does not apply to pensioners whose insurance record has increased by less than two years since the last indexation.
Payments for recipients of special pensions—including military personnel, civil servants, judges, and prosecutors—also remain unchanged.
Experts note that the actual increase in payments may not be as significant as citizens expect.
When calculating payments, the system primarily takes into account additional service time, while updated wage figures are applied only in certain cases, which significantly limits the size of the increase.
Special attention should be paid to the timing of eligibility for recalculation, as if the service time was accumulated after March 1, the automatic update may be postponed until next year.
In such situations, pensioners are advised not to wait but to contact their local Pension Fund of Ukraine (PFU) office directly with a request to update their data.
As a reminder, changes were made to the pension system in 2026 that affected the amount of certain payments.
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