New Delhi: As Ukraine agreed to peace talks with Russia, the war-torn country has announced a significant pay rise to its military personnel in an bid to lift their spirit and to show them that the "country is grateful".
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky announced that military personnel in the country will be paid $3,400 (around Rs 2.5 lakh) per month, a significant raise considering the minimum salary used to be as little as $340. He said that the raise is to show the soldiers “that the country is grateful to them.”