KIEV, April 6 – The payment of pensions and social benefits to the residents of territories in Donetsk and Luhansk regions under temporary occupation will not be resumed until the Ukrainian authorities regain control, Deputy Justice Minister Natalia Sevostianova said.

"The position of the government is definitive: all payments will be settled as soon as Ukraine's control over the territories is restored. Anyway, all persons who leave these areas have a chance to receive payments in full," she said at a press conference last week.