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Large families will begin to receive a surcharge for their third child and further children from April 1, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has said.

“From April 1, the subsistence minimum is Hr 1,669 … and almost Hr 1,800 at the end of the year will be paid for every third child and further children …,” Poroshenko said at the Regional Development Council of Chernihiv region on Wednesday.

The head of state also said that the government had already passed a decree on March 13.