Some 254,000 participants in the hostilities in Ukraine received a social card of the ATO participant, Chairman of the board of the All-Ukrainian Association of ATO Participants “Ukrainians-Together” Ruslan Rudenko said.
“At first, those entrepreneurs, caring Ukrainians, who since 2014 have made every effort to help at the front, joined this program, then we expanded these boundaries and started to involve national chains, for which we are very grateful. This showed that the program is efficient. Today, every second combatant, even more than half of the combatants, some 254,000 ones, have received such cards,” Rudenko said at a press conference in Kyiv on Thursday.
He said that more than 2,500 entrepreneurs, SMEs have already joined the program.
“Over the years, this program is no less, but has already provided UAH 918 million. If divided by 254,000, perhaps it turns out not such a large amount for each participant in the hostilities over these five and a half years. But in general, it is very significant targeted non-government aid,” Rudenko said.
According to him, now hundreds of private entrepreneurs and dozens of national chains are taking part in the program, in particular Epicenter, Foxtrot, Furshet, and the WOG filling station chain. Rudenko said throughout Ukraine there are regional offices of the Ukrainians-Together association, in which combatants are helped to obtain a card. In addition, according to him, any partner can take part in the program, since the card is unified and technically adaptable to any business in Ukraine.
