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The government won't allow any disruptions in the system of social payments to citizens, the official said.
Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Pavlo Rozenko has assured that introduction of martial law in Ukraine will not affect social aid payments to the vulnerable population.
"To stop speculation on this sensitive topic," Rozenko wrote on Facebook on November 26 that "given the stable and predictable financial and economic situation in the country, all social payments, benefits, pensions, salaries and other payments will be made on time, in full, and without any restrictions."
According to Rozenko, the government will not allow any disruptions in the system of social payments to citizens.
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As UNIAN reported earlier, Russian coast guard ships opened fire on a group of vessels of the Ukrainian Navy – two small-sized 'Berdiansk' and 'Nikopol' armored artillery boats and the 'Yany Kapu' tugboat – as they were leaving the Kerch Strait on Sunday evening. Prior to that, on Sunday morning, the 'Yany Kapu' (Yani Qapi) tugboat of Ukraine's Navy was rammed by a Russian coast guard ship while the Ukrainian vessels were carrying out a planned transfer from the port of Odesa to the port of Mariupol in the Sea of Azov. The Ukrainian side said notification about the transfer plans had been done in advance in accordance with international rules to ensure safe navigation.
The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, on Nov 26 gave the green light to a presidential decree on the introduction of martial law in 10 regions of Ukraine – Vinnytsia region, Luhansk region, Mykolaiv region, Odesa region, Sumy region, Kharkiv region, Chernihiv region, Kherson region, Donetsk region and Zaporizhia region, as well as the inland waters of the Azov-Kerch water area.
The decision was backed by 276 lawmakers. Martial law will be introduced for a 30-day period, from 14:00 on November 26, 2018, to 14:00 on December 26, 2018.