The Council of Ministers of Belarus has determined the amount of financial assistance for World War II veterans for Victory Day in 2026.
According to the government’s press service, 5,000 rubles will be paid to disabled veterans and participants of World War II, as well as to individuals who took part in combat operations before 3 September 1945.
Other categories will receive:
- 2,500 rubles — individuals awarded orders or medals of the USSR for selfless labor on the home front during the Great Patriotic War; those who worked at air defense facilities, local air defense units, on the construction of defensive structures, naval bases, airfields and other military facilities within the rear boundaries of active fronts and on frontline sections of railways and roads; individuals who worked at enterprises, institutions and organizations in Leningrad during the blockade from 8 September 1941 to 27 January 1944 and were awarded the medal “For the Defense of Leningrad,” as well as those awarded the badge “Resident of Blockaded Leningrad.”
- 1,500 rubles — family members of servicemen, partisans and underground fighters who were killed, died or went missing during the Great Patriotic War (spouses who did not remarry, children with disabilities from childhood, including adopted children, and other dependents who receive pension supplements on these grounds under the law); former prisoners, including minors, of Nazi concentration camps, prisons and ghettos, as well as former minor prisoners of other places of forced detention created by the Nazis and their allies during World War II who receive pension supplements on this basis; individuals disabled since childhood due to wounds, contusions or injuries related to combat operations during the Great Patriotic War or the consequences of military actions.
Payments will be made between 4 and 8 May. In total, 10.6 million rubles will be allocated for these payments from the national budget.
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