UAH 20,000 and UAH 40,000 for assault operations: how eligibility for daily payments is confirmed
Defenders are entitled to additional pay for each day of confirmed participation in assault operations.
Ukraine’s Defence Forces provide additional pay of UAH 20,000 or UAH 40,000 for each day of participation in assault operations. Assignment to an assault unit, receipt of a combat order or reaching a designated line is insufficient on its own.
The records must confirm that assault operations took place, what result was achieved and that the individual service member took part. Command must also document its decision properly.
Documents that confirm participation
The following documents together establish participation for purposes of the daily UAH 20,000 or UAH 40,000 payment:
- A combat order or combat directive.
- The combat operations log.
- A final, urgent or immediate combat report recording the overall results of the mission.
- A report from the unit or group commander specifying the outcome of the engagement, losses, the timing and location of the operation and which units carried out the mission.
- A nominal roll listing each service member’s full name, position, rank, period of participation and proposed payment amount.
The military unit commander sends the request and supporting documents to the relevant military command authority.
When the payment order is issued
Within three days, the military command authority reviews the request and documents, verifies the information and issues an order confirming that the assault operations were carried out. The commander of the unit where the service member serves then issues the payment order.
For personnel temporarily attached to another unit, the order is issued by their permanent unit on the basis of official information from the unit where the operations took place.
The UAH 20,000 or UAH 40,000 daily payment goes to each service member whose direct participation is confirmed and recorded on the nominal roll. Each eligible person receives their own payment.
The Ministry’s explainer section covers when each rate applies and whether this additional pay falls within the monthly combat-pay cap of UAH 460,000.
English translation of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine original · CC BY 4.0.
