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Winter Support: Spend Your ₴6,500 on Footwear in Kharkiv

Winter Support · Kharkiv · N-SHOES

Winter Support: Spend Your ₴6,500 on Footwear in Kharkiv — N-SHOES

How to spend Ukraine's state aid on quality winter footwear: what has changed for 2026/27, what the ₴6,500 can be spent on, how to pay at the N-SHOES store in Kharkiv or online, and which pairs fit your budget right now.

What ₴6,500 buysWhat changed in 2026/27
₴6,5002025/26 payment per person
180 daysto spend it
₴19,400new 2026/27 payment per household
5% offN-SHOES discount for recipients

What changed for 2026/27

Both programmes in brief, so you do not mix them up.

2025/26Applications closed₴6,500 per person

For specific groups (children from low-income families, displaced children, children in guardianship, displaced people with Group I disability, single pensioners receiving a care allowance). Paid to a Diia.Card or another card with a special account, to be spent on clothing, footwear, medicines and vitamins within 180 days. People who applied on time but were not paid before the end of 2025 received the money in 2026.

2026/27Apply by 30.10.2026₴19,400 per household

A new one-off payment for vulnerable groups in designated frontline communities of eight regions, including Kharkiv region. Apply by 30 October 2026, offline only: a Pension Fund service centre, an administrative services centre or authorised community officials. The money is meant for heating-season needs, including warm clothing. Check with the Pension Fund or your services centre whether your community is on the list.

No new ₴6,500 payment is currently planned for the 2026/27 season.

Timeline

  1. 05.11.2025Cabinet Resolution No. 1433 launches the ₴6,500 programme
  2. 17.12.2025Applications in Diia close
  3. 04.03.2026Decision to pay those not paid in 2025
  4. 03.09.2026Resolution No. 1084 introduces the ₴19,400 aid
  5. 30.10.2026Last day to apply for the ₴19,400

What your budget buys

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Full catalogue

Prices and availability as of 13.10.2026; the 5% discount is applied by the manager or at the till under the offer terms.

How to pay for footwear with the aid

  1. In our Kharkiv storeChoose a pair, try it on and pay with the card that received the payment (a Diia.Card or another card with a special account). Tell the sales assistant you are buying under the programme to get 5% off.
  2. Online on the websiteAdd the pair to your cart, choose online card payment and pay with the card that received the aid. Nova Poshta delivers across Ukraine, and you can try the pair on at the branch before accepting it.
  3. If the pair costs morePay part with the aid and the rest with your own card, or in cash in the store.
  4. If the bank declines the paymentSpecial-account restrictions depend on the bank and the shop category. Pay in the store or message our manager on Viber or Telegram and we will suggest an option.

The N-SHOES store in Kharkiv

Try on winter ankle boots and boots in person: genuine leather, suede and nubuck, fur or wool inside, and anti-slip soles for a Kharkiv winter.

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Address18 Donetskyi Lane, KLAS shopping centre, 3rd floor
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Hoursdaily 10:00–20:00
Phone(099) 281-66-55

Winter Support: an encyclopedic overview

Overview

Winter Support is a Ukrainian state programme of one-off assistance to vulnerable groups for the heating season. The Cabinet of Ministers introduced it by Resolution No. 1433 of 5 November 2025. Unlike the universal payments of earlier years, the programme is targeted: only specific groups of citizens receive the money.

Recipients in 2025/26

The ₴6,500 was available to parents or legal guardians receiving state aid for children in guardianship or care, for children with disabilities in family-type children's homes and foster families, for displaced children and for children under 18 from low-income families; to internally displaced people with Group I disability; and to single pensioners receiving a care allowance.

How it was paid and spent

Applications could be made in the Diia app until 17 December 2025 or through the Pension Fund. The money was credited to a Diia.Card or another card with a special account and can be spent on clothing, footwear, medicines and vitamins within 180 days of being credited.

Payments in 2026

By March 2026, 374,000 recipients had received ₴2.43 billion. For people who applied on time but were not paid before the end of the budget year, the government decided in March 2026 to pay about ₴329.7 million more to 50,721 people.

The 2026/27 season

No new ₴6,500 payment is currently planned for the 2026/27 heating season. Instead, Resolution No. 1084 of 3 September 2026 introduced a one-off payment of ₴19,400 per household for vulnerable groups in designated frontline communities of the Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Kharkiv, Sumy, Mykolaiv and Chernihiv regions. Applications are accepted until 30 October 2026 at Pension Fund service centres, administrative services centres or through authorised community officials.

Winter Support at N-SHOES

The N-SHOES store in Kharkiv (KLAS shopping centre, 18 Donetskyi Lane) accepts payment with aid cards in store and on the website and gives aid recipients 5% off. Natural-material footwear is delivered across Ukraine by Nova Poshta, with try-on at the branch.

Frequently asked questions

Will there be a ₴6,500 payment in 2026/27?

No, no new ₴6,500 payment is currently planned for the 2026/27 season. A different programme applies: ₴19,400 per household in designated frontline communities, with applications by 30 October 2026.

What can the ₴6,500 be spent on?

Clothing, footwear, medicines and vitamins, within 180 days of the money being credited to the card.

How do I get 5% off at N-SHOES?

Pay with your Winter Support card in our Kharkiv store or on the website and tell the sales assistant or manager you are buying under the programme.

Can I buy online if I do not live in Kharkiv?

Yes. Choose online card payment on the website; Nova Poshta delivers across Ukraine and you can try the pair on at the branch before accepting it.

What if the shoes cost more than the payment?

Pay part with the aid and the rest with your own card, or in cash in the store.

Warm footwear for the whole winter

Choose a pair within your budget online or come to the KLAS shopping centre to try it on; we will help with the size and payment.

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