Pensioners must complete the identification process by April 1 to continue receiving their benefits
The Pension Fund of Ukraine (PFU) has issued an urgent reminder to certain categories of citizens regarding the need to verify their identity.
By April 1, 2026, recipients of pension and insurance benefits must undergo in-person identification to avoid having their benefits suspended.
This requirement primarily applies to individuals residing in territories temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation, or those who have left those territories for areas under Ukrainian control.
The main condition for the disbursement of funds is official confirmation that the individual is not receiving similar payments from the pension authorities of the aggressor country.
The PFU Press Center emphasizes that it is mandatory to notify the fund’s regional office of the fact that Russian payments are not being received.
This rule applies even to those who have already undergone in-person verification between January 1, 2025, and February 1, 2026.
If a pensioner has been identified but has not submitted the aforementioned notification as of early February, their payments have been temporarily extended.
However, this grace period is valid only until April 1, 2026—after this date, payments will be suspended without proper notification.
For the convenience of citizens, several methods for submitting the required documents are provided.
You can report non-receipt of payments from the Russian Federation online via your personal account on the PFU’s e-services portal or via video conference with a fund employee.
Traditional methods also remain available: sending an application by mail or visiting a Pension Fund service center in person.
It is important to note that if a person has already submitted such a report in 2025, they need to do so again in 2026 only if circumstances have changed.
The scale of the problem is quite significant for the country’s social system.
As of February 1, 2026, approximately 269,000 pensioners had not undergone physical identification at all, and nearly 70,000 verified individuals failed to report the absence of payments from the aggressor state.
As a reminder, in 2026, Ukraine conducted another pension indexation as part of the annual recalculation.
The head of the Ministry of Social Policy also announced when Ukraine will introduce a pension of 6,000 hryvnias.
