KYIV, April 18 – It is impossible to talk about increasing the retirement age in Ukraine until the average life expectancy of Ukrainians is increased, Deputy Prime Minister Pavlo Rozenko said.

"You know the principled position of the president, the government and my personal on this issue [increasing the retirement age]... Three years ago, at the first negotiations with the International Monetary Fund, I categorically objected to any possibility of raising the retirement age in Ukraine. This question cannot be considered until the life expectancy of Ukrainians is substantially increased in Ukraine. If the life expectancy of men in Ukraine is now 63-65 years, what kind of an increase in the retirement age for men we can talk about?" Rozenko told journalists in Kyiv on Tuesday, April 17.