During her speech in the Verkhovna Rada, Co-chair of the European Solidarity faction Iryna Gerashchenko called on the authorities to pay attention to the glaring problems of internally displaced persons. She emphasized that next year’s budget should be directed primarily to providing for the Armed Forces of Ukraine and internally displaced persons.
Yesterday, European Solidarity had a meeting with IDPs, several hundred people. It was a tough conversation and a depressing impression that people who, due to their pro-Ukrainian patriotic position, left for territories controlled by the Ukrainian authorities, were left alone with their problems. Due to payment manipulations, millions today are left without work, housing, and a single penny to support their children and family,” Gerashchenko said.
“At best, someone goes abroad, where our partners are still providing this social package, and at worst, they return to the occupied territories, because at least there is housing there. Do you understand what a nightmare the authorities are driving millions of Ukrainians into for their pro-Ukrainian position?”, the MP was indignant.
“We demand from the authorities, from the government, to hear who is responsible for this? What is the policy among these plans of indomitability and resilience? What is the policy of supporting IDPs? Problems with payments, problems with salaries, problems have already begun with evacuated universities, which did not exist from 2014 to 2019, when our team was engaged in this evacuation and support,” Gerashchenko stated.
“These payments are being reduced in the 2026 budget. The most catastrophic situation is with older people, who will never earn money for new housing. And they are horrified to think they will be evicted from the shelters in six months. Shelters – it seems that this should be done by the local authorities, because there are many abandoned kindergartens and sanatoriums, where these shelters can be made. So the deputy noted that you robbed the local authorities and stole billions from them to a special fund, from which you distribute cashback,” the deputy noted.
“If this continues, the country will remain a territory without Ukrainians, because some will leave, and some simply will not live to see the implementation of the invincibility plan. Therefore, our team will demand clear priorities from the government in the 2026 budget. And these are not billion-dollar salaries to everyone you give to the marathon or your advisors. This should be a policy of security, defense, and protection of the pro-Ukrainian population, IDPs,” Iryna Gerashchenko emphasized.
“The same thing is happening with the army. “We have much daily information about key problems with ammunition and drones. Again, all this is at the expense of funds and volunteers, not the state. We must move on to professional, responsible work,” Gerashchenko urged.