No one visits this house without flowers and gifts today. A resident of the village of Levkiv, Melania Jakivna, celebrates her 100th anniversary.
The birthday girl is happy about guests, but admits she has got no longevity secrets. The woman has gone through two world wars and worked hard all her life. She and her husband brought up five children.

Centenarian  Maximov. Longevity secret.

Pavlo Rozenko about the price for the absence of real reforms

How and where do residents of the so-called PRD and PRL receive pensions and social benefits, with the governments of the self-proclaimed PRD and PRL paying  nothing and Kiev suspending its support of bank accounts in rebel-held territories.

Ill pensioners from Chernigiv were stuck in an elevator for 2 hours due to electricity cut offs

A film crew of TRC ERA asked British pensioners, who were on holiday in Cyprus, what gives them opportunities to travel in their old age.

A couple of seniors from Lviv region donated UAH1000 to help the Ukrainian Army. Pensioners transmitted their money to the  charitable trust "24 ", which had been established 10 days before by the news broadcaster "24".

Hungry and cold pensioners, who voted for the so-called PRD, are to sue the Cabinet, which - as they assert – has stopped paying off their pension. Seniors have submitted documents to be placed on record by Kyiv court of law in order to oblige the Government of Ukraine to pay pensioners who live in occupied territories. This information was made public on the webpage of the press centre of so-called Novorossiya.

These people collect aid in markets: clothes, food and money for the ATO are dispatched to the front daily.

"Wish you lived just from a salary" - this legendary phrase from a movie has become a reality for citizens of Transcarpathian region... Ukrainian statutory minimum wage and minimum pension  are UAH 1300 and 950 respectively.

His Beatitude Svyatoslav, the head of the UGCC, speaks in a video blog for "Live TV" about the non-governmental pension fund "Pokrova", which was established by the church. "The Pension fund is available for everyone, regardless of his denominational affiliation", his Beatitude Svyatoslav said adding that it is possible now to help a person to have a secured and decent old age using such a financial instrument".

Donetsk pensioners are to oppose the decision of the authorities. People unable to flee from Donbas have called for rescinding a decree of the Government and the National Security and Defence Council regarding the suspension of pension payments which deprived them of opportunities to be serviced at banks at the place of residence. Lawyers have filed a suit at the Capital Court. Inna Khrystych reports

You live and learn! Not only school graduates, but also pensioners can become students from now on. So-called universities of the third age are established for the elderly at Regional Social Service Centres all over Ukraine. What do elderly students study? Read more.

Trips to pick up pensions are organised for pensioners living in occupied territories. Bus tours to liberated towns are organised in occupied areas to provide seniors a chance to apply for pension or withdraw cash. The price of such trips depends on the number of checkpoints to be past and possible risks when crossing the border. 

Journalists of hromadske TV have received a report saying pensioners are taken away by bus in an unknown direction every day at the same time. The report suggested sending there a “straw” man, and finding out what is really happening. We decided not to ask seniors to join us in a venture, and did hidden filming.

Capital pensioners collect lard, meat and vegetables at a marketplace. All of this is for our soldiers fighting in the East of the country. Such activities are conducted by volunteers weekly. Local marketers have gotten used to them and prepare parcels with food and with warm cloths beforehand.