KIEV, April 18 – Parliament has come two votes short of supporting a reduction in the pension age for Ukrainian women to 55 years.

On Wednesday MPs at the first reading considered two bills on amendments to the Ukrainian law "On obligatory state pension insurance". The bill proposed to lower age of women's retirement on a pension to 55 years.

Parliament was three votes short of approving the amendments, drawn up by MP Serhiy Mischenko (inter-faction deputy).