KYIV, Nov 22 – Starting from December 1, the minimum pension in Ukraine will be increased to UAH 1497, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Pavlo Rozenko has said.

"Starting from December 1, the subsistence rate and the minimum pension in Ukraine will be raised to UAH 1497. Pensions will be recalculated for all the pensioners whose pensions depend on the subsistence rate for disabled persons," the vice prime minister said in a program aired on Espresso TV channel, the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers said on November 22.