Volyn Oblast Coordination Council of Heads of Public Organizations for Social and Legal Protection of Military Servicemen, Representatives of Other Law Enforcement Structures and Their Family Members has been created

This was stated by the heads of public organizations of the Volyn region who through their activities protect the social rights of this category of the population. The Coordination Council included representatives of the Volyn Regional Committee on Social and Legal Protection of Servicemen, Police Officers, Customs Service Employees and Their Family Members, the Volyn Regional Organization of the Ukrainian Union of Afghanistan Veterans, the Volyn Regional Council of Veterans of Ukraine, the Volyn Regional Branch of the All-Ukrainian Association of Veterans, the Volyn Regional Organization of Veterans of the Last Military Conscription, the Volyn Regional Organization of the Union of Officers of Ukraine and the Volyn Regional Public Organization "European Integration Fund". The Coordination Council will direct its efforts toward resolving the social problems of servicemen and will represent their interests in state authorities. Recently, the heads of the Volyn Regional Committee on Social and Legal Protection of Servicemen, Police Officers, Customs Service Employees and Their Family Members, the Regional Council of Veterans of Ukraine, the Volyn Regional Organization of the Ukrainian Union of Afghanistan Veterans and the Volyn Regional Organization of the Union of Officers of Ukraine sent an open letter to the President of Ukraine L. Kuchma, in which they demand to "immediately eliminate all monetary allowances for servicemen and incorporate them into monetary support by raising the level of salaries for positions and military ranks, which will lead to the equalization of pensions of all military pensioners, regardless of the time of their discharge." In the letter to the President, concern is expressed about the low amounts of pensions received by war veterans. "It is immoral when a 77-year-old war veteran and those older are fed promises of future justice in pension provision, while in reality today their pension is 3-5 times lower than that of military personnel who have never smelled gunpowder." Representatives of the public organizations believe that it is precisely the numerous bonuses and allowances that have given rise to bribery, and therefore their abolition will contribute to the fight against these phenomena in the army, will raise the prestige of military service and of the authorities in the eyes of veterans of the Armed Forces.