KIEV, April 25 - The recipients of energy subsidies in the past heating season rose to 5.5 million Ukrainian households, or 36% of their total number, said Vitaliy Muzychenko, the head of the state social assistance department at the Social Policy Ministry.

"The share of grant recipients in Volyn, Poltava, Sumy regions exceeded 50%, in some districts it was even higher than 60%," he said at a round table in Parliament.