"The document provides for an increase in the minimum wage and its establishment from September 1 of this year at the level of 5 thousand hryvnia per month," - said in a press release.
On August 25, the law "On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine" On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2020 "was adopted at an extraordinary session of the Verkhovna Rada.
Zelensky stressed that this is the first step "towards a decent standard of living for Ukrainians."
In July, it was reported that three quarters of Ukrainians (76%) assessed the economic situation in Ukraine as poor.
In February, the head of the political council of the Opposition Platform - For Life party, Viktor Medvedchuk, said that Ukraine "from a poor country has turned into a beggar."