Wage arrears in Ukraine amount to some UAH 2.5 bln, Donetsk, Luhansk regions have largest debts, says official

14:34, 13.02.2015 1 min read

Wage arrears in Ukraine amount to around UAH 2.5 billion, Social Policy Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Rozenko has said.

"Today, tentatively, wage arrears in Ukraine are around UAH 2.5 billion," Rozenko said in parliament on Friday.

He said that Donetsk and Luhansk regions have the largest debts. According to information which has been made public, wage arrears in Donetsk region total UAH 1.2 billion, and in Luhansk region the sum is nearly UAH 400 million as of early February 2015.