Yatseniuk orders urgent ATO participant bonuses for missions, destroyed enemy equipment

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has signed the decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine establishing additional payouts to servicemen for accomplishing missions in battle and destroying the enemy's military equipment.

The Prime Minister said that the decree defined the total amount of remuneration for all servicemen, the Cabinet of Ministers' press service reported.

"Those participating in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) will get a monetary reward twice as much as the one for those outside ATO zone. Every serviceman, both a soldier and a general, will get UAH 1,000 for every day in a battle, i.e. for accomplishing battle missions," Yatseniuk said.

The reward for the successful accomplishment of missions by battle units and for destroying the enemy's military equipment was also established. The amount of these payouts will be connected to the minimum wage.

"If a brigade successfully accomplishes a mission, it will get UAH 365,000, a regiment – UAH 243,000, battalion – UAH 121,000, squadron – UAH 60,000," the Premier said.

In addition, he said that UAH 121,000 would be paid for every destroyed military aircraft belonging to "Russian terrorists," UAH 60,000 – for a multiple rocket launcher, UAH 54,000 – for a tactical operational missile complex, UAH 48,000 – for each tank, UAH 42,000 – for a field artillery system or an armored infantry vehicle, and UAH 30,000 – for a shoulder-carried missile launcher.

The decree also contains "an additional list of military equipment of Russian militants, the destruction of which will lead to additional bonuses for Ukrainian servicemen, border guards, employees of the Security Service [SBU], State Security Administration and State Emergency Service of Ukraine."

Yatseniuk ordered that the SBU, the Ukrainian Defense and Interior Ministry, and other relevant agencies execute the Cabinet of Ministers decree urgently.