The pensioner spoke about the poverty of Ukrainians and burst into tears on air 
about the poverty of compatriots. RIA Novosti reports.
“There is not enough money for food. I can’t watch when you go to the store and see how a person cannot buy a loaf of bread or milk, “she said.
In July, the Verkhovna Rada from the Opposition Platform – For Life, Ilya Kiva announced the onset of the “era of hunger and poverty.” He noted that 1.1 million people are experiencing hunger in Ukraine. “The era of poverty is over, the era of hunger and poverty has begun. We are the most malnourished country in Europe, “he said.
Earlier, the Vice-Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, Olena Kondratyuk, said about massive poverty among Ukrainians. “According to many international organizations, the poverty level in Ukraine has risen to 50 percent, and about 19 million Ukrainians are below the poverty line,” she said. According to Kondratyuk, the parliament should set the government the task of “urgently approving a strategy and a set of measures to combat poverty until 2030”.