The Ministry of Veterans Affairs seeks to transfer the Veteran Sports program to a permanent basis in 2027

02.10.2026, 01:52◉ 01 min readEditorial team “SHCHO STALOSIA”

In October, the stage of the program "Veteran Sports" will not start, at the same time, the Ministry of Veterans is working to make it permanent in 2027. — Ukrinform.

The Ministry of Veterans Affairs seeks to transfer the Veteran Sports program to a permanent basis in 2027

It is noted that the financing of the program envisaged for 2026 has been exhausted, all the envisaged funds have already been allocated for payments, including those returned for previous periods.

The Ministry of Veterans Affairs notes that additional funding is needed for the October stage of the program, but currently there is no possibility to allocate funds from the state budget for it.

As Ukrinform reported, in January 2025, the "Veteran's Sport" program was launched on the Diya portal, which allows veterans to receive UAH 1,500 per quarter to pay for sports classes.

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At the same time, the Ministry is working to transfer the program from an experimental format to a permanent basis in 2027. Its format and amount of funding will be determined taking into account the capabilities of the state budget.

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"Demand for the Veteran's Sports program turned out to be much higher than expected. In 2026, UAH 600 million was initially provided for it – per 100,000 recipients per quarter. For three quarters, about 300 thousand applications were expected, while the program was used more than 800 thousand times.