Editor's Note: This Kyiv Post+ article is part of the newspaper's special coverage of Russia's war against Ukraine and the aftermath of the EuroMaidan Revolution.The infographic was published by LigaBusinessInform website and it is reprinted with permission.
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko promised during his election campaign that Ukrainian soldiers “will no longer be naked, barefoot and hungry.” But in times of peace a junior Ukrainian officer makes a meager wage of $373 (Hr 5,000). At the same time, their peers in Russia make more than four times that amount, according to LigaBusinessInform, a Ukrainian new site which specializes in legal and business issues.
Currently Ukrainian military officers who take part in the country’s six-month long anti-terrorist operation earn around $1,000 (Hr 14,000), according to the Defense Ministry figures, while wartime wages for sergeants and privates have been raised to $595 (Hr 8,000) as of Sept. 1.
The calculations were made according to Ukraine’s National Bank official exchange rate as of Sept. 22.
