{"id":1388572,"date":"2022-03-18T14:01:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T18:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1388572"},"modified":"2022-03-18T14:14:46","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T18:14:46","slug":"fact-check-are-only-vaccinated-ukrainian-citizens-eligible-for-emergency-wartime-payment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-are-only-vaccinated-ukrainian-citizens-eligible-for-emergency-wartime-payment\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Are Only Vaccinated Ukrainian Citizens Eligible For Emergency Wartime Payment?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-are-only-vaccinated-ukrainian-citizens-eligible-for-emergency-wartime-payment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1388572&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A post <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/pnWy6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims only Ukrainians vaccinated against COVID-19 are eligible for the country\u2019s emergency wartime payment.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ukrainians are eligible for the emergency wartime payment regardless of their vaccination status, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a Ukrainian media report.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>More than 3 million Ukrainians have fled the country as refugees due to Russia\u2019s recent invasion, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (<a href=\"https:\/\/data2.unhcr.org\/en\/situations\/ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UNHCR<\/a>). Ukraine has suffered at least $100 billion in infrastructure damage alone as of March 16, the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2022\/03\/1114022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.N.<\/a> estimates.<\/p>\n<p>A video shared on Facebook features a 51-second clip of Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announcing a plan to pay Ukrainian citizens affected by the war a one-time payment of 6,500 hryvnias ($220 USD). At one point in the video, Shmyhal says the payment program would work \u201cby analogy with vaccination payments \u2013 that is, through the Diia application.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo vax. No food,\u201d reads the video\u2019s caption. \u201cUkraine govt announce emergency payments to those impacted by war. But only if you are vax\u2019d. And only through the digital system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The video\u2019s caption is inaccurate. A full review of the 5-minute speech given by Shmyhal, which can be viewed on both his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=3086235208280637\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> page and UATV English\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dBbrcmfGg-E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> channel, reveals the prime minister was simply explaining how the payment would be requested and received.<\/p>\n<p>The Diaa app Shmyhal references, also called Action, was launched in 2020 by the Ukrainian government to help citizens keep track of their driver\u2019s license and car registration, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unian.info\/society\/10862348-ukraine-launches-diia-app-opening-access-to-wide-range-of-gov-t-services-online.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Unian<\/a>. The government offered vaccination incentive payments of 1000 hryvnias ($36 USD) through the app in December 2021, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oecd.org\/eurasia\/competitiveness-programme\/eastern-partners\/COVID-19-CRISIS-IN-UKRAINE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OECD<\/a>) reported. In the video, Shmyhal appears to be simply stating that the war payment program would work through the app in the same way the previous vaccine incentive payment program worked, not that the payment is only available to those who were vaccinated against COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>In a March 3 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.president.gov.ua\/en\/news\/ukrayinu-stilki-raziv-hotili-znishiti-ale-ne-zmogli-zvernenn-73297\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">speech<\/a>, Zelenskyy seemingly suggested the payments would be paid regardless of vaccination status. \u201cEvery employee, every sole proprietor, every citizen of ours, from whom Russia has taken away the opportunity to work, will receive six and a half thousand hryvnias without any conditions,\u201d said Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian news outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/economics.segodnya.ua\/ua\/economics\/finance\/kak-ukraincam-poluchit-6-5-tys-grn-pomoshchi-instrukciya-1607525.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Segodnya<\/a> published a March 8 article instructing readers how to apply for the funds. The article notes that Ukrainians from certain worn-torn regions can apply \u201cregardless of the level of your vaccination,\u201d according to a translated version of the piece.<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact found no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Ukraine+war+payments+limited+to+the+vaccinated&#038;rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS820US820&#038;ei=d7s0YprCDsa7tQbIj4_oAQ&#038;ved=0ahUKEwja2YCMktD2AhXGXc0KHcjHAx0Q4dUDCA4&#038;uact=5&#038;oq=Ukraine+war+payments+limited+to+the+vaccinated&#038;gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBwghEAoQoAE6CQgAEEMQRhD7AToKCC4QsQMQgwEQQzoECAAQQzoKCAAQsQMQgwEQQzoLCC4QgAQQsQMQgwE6CwgAEIAEELEDEIMBOggIABCxAxCDAToFCAAQgAQ6CwgAELEDEIMBEJECOgUIABCRAjoQCAAQgAQQsQMQgwEQRhCBAjoECAAQAzoFCAAQxAI6BggAEBYQHjoFCCEQoAE6CAghEBYQHRAeOgUIIRCrAkoECEEYAEoECEYYAFCGBViUP2CHQGgEcAF4BIAB5AOIAek5kgEKMC4zNi41LjEuM5gBAKABAbABAMABAQ&#038;sclient=gws-wiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">credible news reporting<\/a> to suggest the emergency wartime payment would be limited to those who were vaccinated. Check Your Fact has also reached out to Ukraine\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs for comment and will update this piece if a response is given.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post shared on Facebook claims only Ukrainians vaccinated against COVID-19 are eligible for the country\u2019s emergency wartime payment.Verdict: False Ukrainians are eligible for the emergency wartime payment regardless of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1388572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1388572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1388572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1388572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1388572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}