The Ministry for Veterans Affairs held seven times more sporting events for veterans in 2025 than last year

The Ministry for Veterans Affairs is working to create a societal trend of promoting sports among veterans as a method of rehabilitation and recovery. One key initiative is the accessible sports program, which provides gym memberships to war veterans. Currently, over 104,000 veterans are taking advantage of this benefit. The ministry is also organizing national sporting events.

This was announced by Ruslan Prykhodko, Deputy Minister for Veterans Affairs, during a discussion at the Media Center Ukraine.

“Last year, the Ministry for Veterans Affairs organized 11 national sporting events. This year, that number has already reached 76,” he stated.

Prykhodko emphasized that the ministry is working to increase the number of specialists trained to work with veterans.

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